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Dots-and-boxes for experts

Article Abstract:

The children's game dots-and-boxes is, on one level, an incredibly complex mathematical exercise in which the total winning strategy has yet to be deciphered. Details of the game are described.

Author: Stewart, Ian
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2001
United States, Usage, Authorship, Games, Educational games, The Dots-and-Boxes Game (Book), Games in mathematics education, Game rules, Mathematics education, Berkekamp, Elwyn

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Tight tins for round sardines

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The number of equal circles to be placed in a particular square is one of the geometric problems mathematicians have attempted to solve since 1960s. Modern-day scientists have modified this problem by including boundaries or representing circles in terms of points or centers.

Author: Stewart, Ian
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1998
Analysis, Mathematics, Geometry, Circle, Circles

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