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  2. MacMahon Squares - Wikipedia

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    Another way to change the puzzle is to restrict which colors squared make up the border colors. In the classic MacMahon squares puzzle, there are a total of 20 places on the border. [1] The number of each color that can be present on these 20 places can be described by B a,b,c [1] where a, b, and c are the number of each color of the border pieces.

  3. Eight queens puzzle - Wikipedia

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    The eight queens puzzle is the problem of placing eight chess queens on an 8×8 chessboard so that no two queens threaten each other; thus, a solution requires that no two queens share the same row, column, or diagonal. There are 92 solutions. The problem was first posed in the mid-19th century.

  4. Mathematics of Sudoku - Wikipedia

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    Mathematical context. The general problem of solving Sudoku puzzles on n2 × n2 grids of n × n blocks is known to be NP-complete. [8] A puzzle can be expressed as a graph coloring problem. [9] The aim is to construct a 9-coloring of a particular graph, given a partial 9-coloring. The Sudoku graph has 81 vertices, one vertex for each cell.

  5. Magic square - Wikipedia

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    Thus there is basically just one normal magic square of order 3. The number of different n × n magic squares for n from 1 to 6, not counting rotations and reflections is: 1, 0, 1, 880, 275305224, 17753889197660635632. (sequence A006052 in the OEIS) The number for n = 6 had previously been estimated to be (1.7745 ± 0.0016) × 10 19. [64] [65 ...

  6. 15 puzzle - Wikipedia

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    The 15 puzzle (also called Gem Puzzle, Boss Puzzle, Game of Fifteen, Mystic Square and more) is a sliding puzzle. It has 15 square tiles numbered 1 to 15 in a frame that is 4 tile positions high and 4 tile positions wide, with one unoccupied position. Tiles in the same row or column of the open position can be moved by sliding them horizontally ...

  7. Rubik's Cube - Wikipedia

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    The Rubik's Cube is a 3D combination puzzle invented in 1974 [2][3] by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik. Originally called the Magic Cube, [4] the puzzle was licensed by Rubik to be sold by Pentangle Puzzles in the UK in 1978, [5] and then by Ideal Toy Corp in 1980 [6] via businessman Tibor Laczi and Seven Towns ...

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