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Flying Saucer, Jeremiah Farrell, Karen Farrell
Flying Saucer, Jeremiah Farrell, Karen Farrell
Jeremiah Farrell
Jeremiah's puzzle "Flying Saucer", which was exchanged at the 2013 International Puzzle Party in Washington, DC. 100 puzzle designers create 100 copies of their puzzle and pass it out at the party and exchange them. This puzzle is also manufactured by Walter Hoppe as "Flying Saucer".
The French Resolution, Jeremiah Farrell, Karen Farrell
The French Resolution, Jeremiah Farrell, Karen Farrell
Jeremiah Farrell
Jeremiah's puzzle "The French Resolution", which was exchanged at the 2017 International Puzzle Party in Paris, France. 100 puzzle designers create 100 copies of their puzzle and pass it out at the party and exchange them. This puzzle is also manufactured by Kadon Enterprises, Inc. as "The French Resolution".
You Like Japan, Jeremiah Farrell, Kate Jones
You Like Japan, Jeremiah Farrell, Kate Jones
Jeremiah Farrell
Jeremiah's puzzle "You Like Japan", which was exchanged at the 2016 International Puzzle Party in Kyoto, Japan, alongside Kate Jone's "You Like Japan" 12x12 Challenge. 100 puzzle designers create 100 copies of their puzzle and pass it out at the party and exchange them. This puzzle is manufacured by Kadon Enterprises, Inc. as "You Like Japan".
Euler Entertainments, Jeremiah Farrell, Karen Farrell
Euler Entertainments, Jeremiah Farrell, Karen Farrell
Jeremiah Farrell
No abstract provided.
The White Rabbit 12-Puzzle, Chris Morgan, Jeremiah Farrell
The White Rabbit 12-Puzzle, Chris Morgan, Jeremiah Farrell
Jeremiah Farrell
Martin Gardner's fondness for the characters and themes of Lewis Carroll's "Alice" is well-known and to honor Gardner we offer two word puzzles to be played on the 12-node diagram of the WHITE RABBIT.
Kate Jones – A Tribute, Karen Farrell, Jeremiah Farrell
Kate Jones – A Tribute, Karen Farrell, Jeremiah Farrell
Jeremiah Farrell
Kate is also an accomplished recreational mathematician and poet. To try to match in a small way her creative ability, we offer three puzzle-games in her honor: O'BEIRNE's TRI-HEX, PAPPUS and "KATe JONES". These three are specific examples of (9,3) symmetric configurations. More generally an (n,r) configuration is a collection of n "points"and n "lines" subject to the following requirements:
Rl: Any two points belong to at most one line.
R2: Each line has r points, and each point belongs to r lines.
Martin Gardner Puzzle-Games, Stephen Bloom, Lacey Echols, Jeremiah Farrell, Shannon Lieb
Martin Gardner Puzzle-Games, Stephen Bloom, Lacey Echols, Jeremiah Farrell, Shannon Lieb
Jeremiah Farrell
No abstract provided.
Paul Swinford – A Tribute, Jeremiah Farrell
The Jin And Jang Of Quantum Physics Truth Tables, Shannon Lieb, Jeremiah Farrell
The Jin And Jang Of Quantum Physics Truth Tables, Shannon Lieb, Jeremiah Farrell
Jeremiah Farrell
No abstract provided.
The Tea Party, Stephen Bloom, Jeremiah Farrell
A Gathering For Gardner Puzzle-Game, Jeremiah Farrell, Chris Morgan
A Gathering For Gardner Puzzle-Game, Jeremiah Farrell, Chris Morgan
Jeremiah Farrell
Each different letter of "GATHERING FOR GARDNER" is used exactly three times in the following words: DIE, FAD, FIT, FOG, GIN, HAG, HER, HOD, NOR, RAT, TEN.
Alice In Wonderland For G4g13, Jeremiah Farrell, Emmanuelle Malte Salvatore, Todd Wilk Estroff
Alice In Wonderland For G4g13, Jeremiah Farrell, Emmanuelle Malte Salvatore, Todd Wilk Estroff
Jeremiah Farrell
Each of the ten different letters in the title is used exactly three times to form the words in the circles. Martin Gardner's famous work The Annotated Alice was first published in 1960 and we honor him in this essay.
Paul Swinford – A Tribute, Jeremiah Farrell
Kate Jones – A Tribute, Karen Farrell, Jeremiah Farrell
Kate Jones – A Tribute, Karen Farrell, Jeremiah Farrell
Jeremiah Farrell
Kate is also an accomplished recreational mathematician and poet. To try to match in a small way her creative ability, we offer three puzzle-games in her honor: O'BEIRNE's TRI-HEX, PAPPUS and "KATe JONES". These three are specific examples of (9,3) symmetric configurations. More generally an (n,r) configuration is a collection of n "points"and n "lines" subject to the following requirements:
Rl: Any two points belong to at most one line.
R2: Each line has r points, and each point belongs to r lines.
A New 12-Puzzle, Todd Estroff, Jeremiah Farrell
A New 12-Puzzle, Todd Estroff, Jeremiah Farrell
Jeremiah Farrell
This puzzle is a continuation of the tribute to the magician Paul Swinford. The following 18 two-letter words use each of the 12 letters of PAUL SWINFORD exactly three times each. The words are to be placed on the nodes of the grid so that each hexagon and each of the three diagonals contain the 12 letters of our honoree's name.
A Special Tribute To Martin Gardner, Jeremiah Farrell
A Special Tribute To Martin Gardner, Jeremiah Farrell
Jeremiah Farrell
There are exactly 12 different letters in the phrase GATHERING FOR MARTIN GARDNER. We use each of the 12 letters three times each in 18 different two-letter words that are to be placed on the nodes of the graph so adjoining nodes have a letter in common.