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Kaleidoscopes, Chessboards, And Symmetry, Tricia M. Brown
Kaleidoscopes, Chessboards, And Symmetry, Tricia M. Brown
Journal of Humanistic Mathematics
This paper describes the n-queens problem on an n by n chessboard. We discuss the possible symmetries of n-queens solutions and show how solutions to this classical chess question can be used to create examples of colorful artwork.