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80 Years of Gardner Magic
The magician and historiam Max Maven poignantly eulogized Martin Gardner in his article In Memoriam in the July 2010 issue of GENII magazine. Commenting on the diverse interests of Gardner in non-fiction, puzzles, recreational mathematics, philosophy, games, skepticism, word play and magic, Maven noted: So far as is known, the final Gardner publication during his lifetime was a magic trick that he contributed to the May 2010 issue of Word Ways, a quarterly journal with a small but fervent readership. I will mention, without humility, that the trick was based on one of mine -- which in turn was based on one of Martin\u27s
Flying Saucer
Jeremiah\u27s puzzle Flying Saucer , which was exchanged at the 2013 International Puzzle Party in Washington, DC. 100 puzzle designers create 100 copies of their puzzle and pass it out at the party and exchange them. This puzzle is also manufactured by Walter Hoppe as Flying Saucer
The French Resolution
Jeremiah\u27s puzzle The French Resolution , which was exchanged at the 2017 International Puzzle Party in Paris, France. 100 puzzle designers create 100 copies of their puzzle and pass it out at the party and exchange them. This puzzle is also manufactured by Kadon Enterprises, Inc. as The French Resolution
Scrambled Squares
Jeremiah\u27s puzzle Scrambled Squares , which was exchanged at the 2015 Ottawa International Puzzle Party. 100 puzzle designers create 100 copies of their puzzle and pass it out at the party and exchange them. This puzzle is also manufactured by Kate Jones as Scrambled Squares
Nightmares
Jeremiah\u27s puzzle Nightmare , which was exchanged at the 2013 Washington, DC International Puzzle Party. 100 puzzle designers create 100 copies of their puzzle and pass it out at the party and exchange them. This puzzle was a special puzzle gift that was given to IPP32 exchangers by its designer, Jerry Farrell, in memory of longtime IPP member, Tom Rodgers, Jr
The Farrell-Hsiang method revisited
We present a sufficient condition for groups to satisfy the Farrell-Jones
Conjecture in algebraic K-theory and L-theory. The condition is formulated in
terms of finite quotients of the group in question and is motivated by work of
Farrell-Hsiang.Comment: This version is different from the published version. A number of
typos and an incorrect formula for the transfer before Lemma 6.3 pointed out
by Holger Reich have been correcte
James Liddy: The Poet\u27s Soul Purified
The author discusses the life and works of writer James Liddy. He notes that Liddy did more in poetry, catholicism and sexuality in Ireland and taught friends and students to embrace time and place, knowledge of history and religion as well as memory and awareness. The author also states that he was a poet who believed in real mortality, filled with truth and honesty
Bayley\u27s Claims About Alice
Melanie Bayley, a doctoral candidate in Victorian literature, has recently authored two articles claiming that Lewis Carroll\u27s Alice in Wonderland was Charles Dodgson\u27s attempt to satirize the new mathematics of his day. We disagree completely with her thesis
…for Franklin fanciers
Crossword Puzzle featured on page 82 of the October, 1980 edition of the Saturday Evening Post
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