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The Loculus of Archimedes, Solved
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| Organization: | Wolfram Research, Inc. |
| Department: | Scientific Information Group |
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2003-11-17
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 The world's oldest puzzle has been solved. 2200 years ago, Archimedes invented a puzzle variously called the Loculus, the Stomachion, the Ostomachion, the Syntemachion, or Archimedes' Box. In November of 2003, Bill Cutler used a computer program to enumerate all solutions. Barring rotations and reflections, there are 536 distinct solutions.
The attached notebook lists all solutions.
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tangram, loculus, stomachion, ostomachion, Archimedes
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http://maa.org/editorial/mathgames/mathgames_11_17_03.html
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| loculus.nb (416.1 KB) - Mathematica Notebook |
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