Mathematical Wizardry for a Gardner

In this volume, world-leading puzzle designers, puzzle collectors, mathematicians, and magicians continue the tradition of honoring Martin Gardner, who inspired them to enter mathematics, to enter magic, to bring magic into their mathematics, or to bring mathematics into their magic. This edited collection contains a variety of articles connected to puzzles, magic, and/or mathematics, including the history behind given puzzles, solitaire puzzles, two-person games, and mathematically interesting objects. Topics include tangrams, peg solitaire, sodoku, coin-weighing problems, anamorphoses, and more!

Preface In Memoriam Frank Harary Gary Chartrand Harary Jeremiah Farrell Spin a Tale The Ig Nobel PrizesStanley Eigen Martin Gardner and PaperfoldingDavid Lister . . . Nothing but Confusion? Anamorphoses with Double MeaningIstvan Orosz Ponder a Puzzle Peg Solitaire with Diagonal JumpsGeorge I. Bell The Grand Time Sudoku and the Law of LeftoversBob Harris Patulous Pegboard PolygonsDerek Kisman, Richard Guy, and Alex Fink Beamer VariantRodolfo Kurchan Packing Equal Circles in a SquarePeter Gabor Szabo Bring a Friend Uncountable Sets and an Infinite Real Number GameMatthew H. Baker The Cyclic Butler University GameAviezri S. Fraenkel Misere Play of G-A-R-D-N-E-R, the G4G7 Heptagon GameThane Plambeck Play with Numbers The Association Method for Solving Certain Coin-Weighing Problems Dick Hess The Art of Ready ReckoningMogens Esrom Larsen Spherical AlgebraIstvan Lenart Mathematical IdolColm Mulcahy The Elevator ProblemDavid Rhee and Jerry Lo Take a Shape Jordan as a Jordan CurveRobert Bosch Wang Tiles, Dynamical Systems, and Beatty Difference SequencesStanley Eigen The Trilobite and CrossChaim Goodman-Strauss Orderly Tangles RevisitedGeorge W. Hart Quasi-Periodic Essays in Architectural and Musical FormAkio Hizume Ellipses Robert Barrington Leigh, Ed Leonard, Ted Lewis, Andy Liu, and George Tokarsky Dances with Tangrams (and without Wolves)Karl Schaffer Two Special Polyhedra among the Regular ToroidsLajos Szilassi

Ed Pegg Jr, Alan Schoen, Tom Rodgers