Pondering Solutions to the King Snake Puzzle: An Adventure in Discrete Mathematics

Author:   Ellen Starbuck
Publisher:   Archway Publishing
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Pages:   92
Publication Date:   23 April 2025
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Pondering Solutions to the King Snake Puzzle: An Adventure in Discrete Mathematics


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Plan of Attack For 10 steps in assembling the 27-cube snake puzzle, see Appendix 1. If the terms are puzzling, too, look them up in the Glossary, Appendix 7. For 26 steps in assembling the 64-cube King Snake Puzzle, see pages 7-8 in section 3.6 ""The Puzzler with the Puzzle on His Hands"", and see Appendix 3, pages 4-5 Computer Programmer? See ""Harry"", the Visual Basic macro that generates paths of solution to the King Snake Puzzle. Harry's logic is described, and his source code listing is presented in Appendix 6, ""All About Harry"". To indulge in the labyrinth of the whole of the titillating adventure, jump in at page 1, section 1.0 ""The Challenge"". See the development of discrete algorithms that (1) generate and examine Harry's 192 paths of solution, (2) identify similarities and differences among the 192 paths, and (3) group the paths into families of 24 siblings. For a succinct summary of the adventure see page 15, section 5.0 ""Finale, Digital vs. Physical"" where the mystery of the King Snake Puzzle is revealed.

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Author:   Ellen Starbuck
Publisher:   Archway Publishing
Imprint:   Archway Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   0.585kg
ISBN:  

9781665769501


ISBN 10:   1665769505
Pages:   92
Publication Date:   23 April 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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