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The world of puzzlers 3
The small world of puzzle enthusiasts, collectors and puzzle makers is astonishingly diverse. It includes specialists in tilings and elegant dissections.


The small world of puzzle enthusiasts, collectors and puzzle makers is astonishingly diverse. It includes specialists in tilings and elegant dissections.


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Among the best-known mechanical puzzles are wooden knot puzzles, which the American Bill Cutler analyzed scientifically.

For a change, beneath its polyhedral exterior, the subject of this instalment in our mathematical objects saga is a puzzle. You will find everything you need to build it on the Tangente website.

Dissections are an inexhaustible source of research, discoveries and feats for amateur geometers and seasoned mathematicians alike. Born of practical concerns, they have become a treasure trove of mathematical recreations and brainteasers.

Let's rediscover pentominoes and the countless problems they generate
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