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Maestro Puzzles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2016

J. E. Reeve  and
J A. Tyrrell
J. E. Reeve
Affiliation:
Kings College, Londen.
J A. Tyrrell
Affiliation:
Kings College, Londen.
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A few years ago there appeared on the commercial market a certain puzzle called “Maestro”. This consists of packing into a 6 x 10 rectangle the twelve shapes depicted in Fig. 1, (where they are shown packed into an annular region bounded by two concentric squares). It is also possible to pack these shapes into other simple geometrical figures. The aesthetic attraction of this problem lies in the fact that the twelve shapes concerned form a complete set in the sense that any other shape consisting of five abutting squares is congruent to one of them.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 45 , Issue 352 , May 1961 , pp. 97 - 99
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1961

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