Pegg E., Schoen A., Rodgers T. Mathematical Wizardry for a Gardner

New York: AK Peters, 2009. — 284 p.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!In Memoriam
Frank Harary
HararySpin a Tale
The Ig Nobel Prizes
Martin Gardner and Paperfolding
Nothing but Confusion? Anamorphoses with Double MeaningPonder a Puzzle
Peg Solitaire with Diagonal Jumps
The Grand Time Sudoku and the Law of Leftovers
Patulous Pegboard Polygons
Beamer Variant
Packing Equal Circles in a SquareBring a Friend
Uncountable Sets and an Infinite Real Number Game
The Cyclic Butler University Game
Misere Play of G-A-R-D-N-E-R, the GG Heptagon GamePlay with Numbers
The Association Method for Solving Certain
The Art of Ready Reckoning
Spherical Algebra
Mathematical Idol
The Elevator ProblemTake a Shape
Jordan as a Jordan Curve
Wang Tiles, Dynamical Systems, and Beatty Difference Sequences
The Trilobite and Cross
Orderly Tangles Revisited
Quasi-Periodic Essays in Architectural and Musical Form
Ellipses
Dances with Tangrams (and withoutWolves)
Two Special Polyhedra Among the Regular Toroids