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A Mathematician's Aesthetics open in new window
In his classic A Mathematician's Apology, G. H. Hardy likened mathematics to poetry and painting. This site elaborates on Hardy's remark with quotations from Stevens, Klee, Fry, and Focillon. Links to related sites are given.
(http://m759.freeservers.com/PHaesthetics.html)

A Disproof of Pythagoras' Theorem? open in new window
A method of disproving the Theorem of Pythagoras is presented. The author is adamant that this is intended only as a puzzle to find the mistake in the arguments, and not as a serious proposal.
(http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/System/8956/proble)

A Primer on Cryptarithmetic open in new window
Instructions, examples, references and links.
(http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/2160/primer.html)

Alien Tiles open in new window
Object of puzzle is to try to get color pieces to create certain patterns in cube.
(http://www.alientiles.com/)

Alphametic Puzzles open in new window
Nmerous puzzles, links, puzzle solver, and a generator.
(http://www.tkcs-collins.com/truman/alphamet/)

Alphametics and Cryptarithms open in new window
Puzzles in which letters or symbols are substituted for the digits in an arithmetical operation like addition.
(http://www.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de/~sillke/PUZZLES/ALPHA)

Alphametics Page open in new window
Compiled by Mike Keith. Examples of various genres.
(http://members.aol.com/s6sj7gt/mikealp.htm)

Back to Square One open in new window
Includes description, solutions and other resources on this cube-like puzzle.
(http://www.geocities.com/jaapsch/puzzles/square1.htm)

Bob's Positive Integer Pages open in new window
Various articles about positive integers, including an alternative number system that avoids the digit and number zero, a look at number systems and at the concept of zero.
(http://my.tbaytel.net/forslund/bob.html)

Clever Games for Clever People open in new window
Games that interest John Conway including Rim and Traffic Jam.
(http://www.cs.uidaho.edu/%7Ecasey931/conway/games.html)

Contest Center Cryptarithms open in new window
Examples of cryptarithms, with prize competitions for subscribers.
(http://www.contestcen.com/rithms.htm)

Conway's Constant open in new window
The problem is to try to arrive at the number of digits in the Kth term of a type of sequence.
(http://pauillac.inria.fr/algo/bsolve/constant/cnwy/cnwy.html)

Critical Math open in new window
Articles and images on recreational math from fractals and magic squares to mathemorchids and Galois.
(http://www.geocities.com/aladgyma/articles/scimaths/maths.ht)

Cryptarithms Online open in new window
70 brain-teasers; a Primer on Cryptarithmetic; books and links to alphametics on the Web.
(http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/2160)

David Singmaster: List of Available Material open in new window
Teaching and recreational items in this personal collection.
(http://anduin.eldar.org/~problemi/singmast/material.html)

Decimal to Hexadecimal Conversion open in new window
A table to convert any number from 1 to 255 to Hexadecimal.
(http://www.jaworski.com/htmlbook/dec-hex.htm)

EFF Cooperative Computing Awards open in new window
Between $100,000 and $250,000 will go to the first individual or group who discovers a new prime number above 10 million digits.
(http://www.eff.org/coop-awards/)

Eureka open in new window
The annual journal of the Archimedeans, the mathematical society of the University of Cambridge. It regularly contains articles on recreational mathematics.
(http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/archim/eureka/)

Fair Dice open in new window
Contains a complete list of all possible Fair Dice, most of which are not cubes. Includes pictures.
(http://www.mathpuzzle.com/Fairdice.htm)

Famous Curves Index open in new window
Curves you've heard of and curves you haven't, from Astroid to the Witch of Agnesi.
(http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Curves/Curves.ht)

Fast Arithmetic Tips open in new window
Three categories: defensive - know to check an answer, offensive - fast mental calculations, and math magic.
(http://www.cut-the-knot.com/arithmetic/rapid/index.shtml)

Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden section in Nature open in new window
Puzzles and things to do, for schools, teachers, colleges up to university level students, or just for recreation.
(http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fibnat)

Fibonacci numbers and the Pascal triangle open in new window
The relation between Fibonacci numbers and Pascal's triangle. English/German/Serbian.
(http://milan.milanovic.org/math/)

Fun With Mathematics open in new window
Includes pages on the topics of primes, fibonacci numbers, PI computation, data encryption and links to calculator programs.
(http://pw1.netcom.com/~hjsmith/)

Gardner Index open in new window
Rough index to the fifteen books containing Martin Gardner's Mathematical Games articles from Scientific American.
(http://www.ms.uky.edu/~lee/ma502/gardner5/gardner5.html)

Gathering for Gardner open in new window
Contains math, puzzle, geometry, illusions, mazes, links, articles and problems.
(http://www.g4g4.com/)

Geometric Packing Problems open in new window
By Joseph Malkevitch: "Given one shape X how and when can one pack identical copies of this shape into another shape Y?"
(http://www.york.cuny.edu/~malk/tidbits/tidbit-geometric-pack)

Group Games open in new window
Animations that develop the theory behind such puzzles as the Rubik cube.
(http://www.dsm.univ.trieste.it/%7Elogar/duek2/index_engl.htm)

HAKMEM open in new window
A collection of problems from MIT. Work reported herein was conducted at the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology research program.
(http://www.inwap.com/pdp10/hbaker/hakmem/hakmem.html)

Iamond open in new window
A page on polyiamond puzzles. Includes many pages on tessellation.
(http://www.mathpuzzle.com/iamond.htm)

Jlpe's Number Recreations Page open in new window
Features original number recreations by the author, such as generalized perfect numbers, digital diversions, diophantine equations, didactic numbers, and number theory.
(http://www.geocities.com/windmill96/numrecreations.html)

Ken Duisenberg's Puzzle of the Week open in new window
Has a new problem to solve on a regular basis. Includes archive and some solutions.
(http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~kend/potw/)

Ken Duisenberg's Puzzle of the Week Archives open in new window
Challenging puzzles and problems.
(http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/%7Ekend/potw/archlist.html)

Logic Puzzles open in new window
Collection of original numerical-logic puzzles. Many are long and difficult, involve sorting and comparing long lists and are intended to be solved using a good spreadsheet program.
(http://www.geocities.com/bob_kraus_2000)

Look and Say Sequence Generator open in new window
Creates a special kind of summation formula created by John Conway.
(http://www.btinternet.com/~se16/js/looknsay.htm)

MAA Library List in Recreational Mathematics open in new window
Book list split into categories. Includes title, author, publisher and date information about each book.
(http://www.maa.org/BLL/recmath.htm)

MAT 007 I News open in new window
A newsletter edited by undergraduates of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Toronto. Includes some online copies.
(http://www.math.toronto.edu/007/)

Math Cats open in new window
A magic chalkboard takes you to a math art gallery and lots of interactive math activities, including: magic squares, conversions, seasonal surveys, symmetry, tessellations, geometric designs, games.
(http://www.mathcats.com/)

Math Forum: Algebra Problem Search open in new window
Try to solve the Algebra Problem of the Week and search this week's algebra problem or those of previous weeks.
(http://mathforum.org/algpow/powgrepform.html)

Math in the Movies open in new window
A guide to major motion pictures with scenes of real mathematics.
(http://world.std.com/~reinhold/mathmovies.html)

Mathematical Diversions open in new window
Mostly original diversions in mathematics and word play.
(http://members.aol.com/s6sj7gt/mikehome.htm)

Mathematical Fiction open in new window
A list of mathematical fictional movies, books, stories, plays and shows. Split into categories including children's books. Can be sorted by mathematical content and literary quality.
(http://math.cofc.edu/faculty/kasman/MATHFICT/Default.html)

Mathematical Induction open in new window
A page of uncommon problems, most closely connected with number theory.
(http://www.geocities.com/jespinos57/induction.htm)

Mathematical Lego Sculptures open in new window
Designed and built by Andrew Lipson. Images and LDraw files.
(http://www.lipsons.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/mathlego.htm)

Mathematical Poetry - A Small Anthology open in new window
A fascinating selection of poems by various poets based on the seemingly incongruous aesthetic and theme of mathematics.
(http://kate.stange.com/mathweb/mathpoet.html)

Mathematical Problems - Problem Solving open in new window
Mathematics Hots (Problems) by Bruno Kevius
(http://www.abc.se/~m9847/matre/problem.html)

Mathematical Quotation Server open in new window
Furman University Mathematical Quotation Server - random or searchable math quotes.
(http://math.furman.edu/~mwoodard/mqs/mquot.shtml)

Mathematical Quotation Server open in new window
A collection of mathematical quotations culled from many sources. You may conduct a keyword search through the quotation database.
(http://math.furman.edu/~mwoodard/mquot.html)

Mathematical Spectrum open in new window
Mathematical Spectrum is a magazine for students and teachers of mathematics in universities, colleges and schools worldwide. It may be read by anybody interested in mathematics as a recreation.
(http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/companies/apt/ms.html)

Mathematics for Fun open in new window
Interactive math pages including java Kali and a page on the world's largest prime.
(http://www.thinks.com/math/index.htm)

Mathematics in Art and Architecture open in new window
An interdisciplinary course on mathematics in art and architecture.
(http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/teaching/math-art-arch.s)

Mathematics Museum (Japan) open in new window
At Mathematics Museum (Japan) you would be surprised how interesting mathematics is. You will find exhibition rooms produced by Japanese researchers and educators.
(http://mathmuse.sci.ibaraki.ac.jp/indexE.html)

Mathematik open in new window
Individual pages on different topics in Mathematics. Examples : group theory, dynamical systems theory, geometry or number theory.
(http://www.mathematik.com/)

Mathematische Basteleien open in new window
Topics include Flexagon, Soma Cube, Pentominos, Cube-it, Rubik's Cube, Froebel's Star, Tangram, House of Santa Claus, Chronogram, Numeric Palindromes, Latticework of Letters. English/German.
(http://www.mathematische-basteleien.de/)

Mathematrix open in new window
Mathematrix is a web site devoted to exploring mathematical recreations - the more entertaining (and generally lesser known) areas of mathematics. This site can be enjoyed by anyone, from individuals with little or no math background to professors of the subject.
(http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/7773/index.htm)

MathPro Online: Online Reference to Mathematical Problems open in new window
database currently contains 20,945 math problems from 38 journals and 21 contests
(http://problems.math.umr.edu/index.htm)

Mathpuzzle.com open in new window
Celebrates math puzzles and Mathematical Recreations.
(http://www.mathpuzzle.com/)

Maze Classification and Algorithms open in new window
A short description of mazes and how to create them. Definition of different mazetypes and their algorithms.
(http://www.astrolog.org/labyrnth/algrithm.htm)

Mudd Math Fun Facts open in new window
An archive of interesting math facts for use in the classroom or just for fun. Browse by subject, difficulty, keywords, or try the "random" feature. Based at Harvey Mudd College.
(http://www.math.hmc.edu/funfacts/)

Narcissistic Numbers open in new window
Those that are representable, in some way, by mathematically manipulating the digits of the numbers themselves.
(http://www.geocities.com/~harveyh/narciss.htm)

Number Recreations by Shyam Sunder Gupta open in new window
Features interesting facts about different numbers. Includes favorite related links.
(http://www.shyamsundergupta.com/)

On the Puzzles with Polyhedra and Numbers open in new window
This is an article on a set of didactical games edited by the Portuguese Mathematical Society (SPM).
(http://gfm.cii.fc.ul.pt/Members/jr_poliedros-puzzles_en.pdf)

One Metaphor Fits All open in new window
Explains Conway's audioactive decay that is generated by a particular kind of sequence. Includes illustrations and related resources.
(http://www.btinternet.com/~se16/mhi/)

Origami Mathematics open in new window
Information on the mathematics of paper folding.
(http://web.merrimack.edu/~thull/OrigamiMath.html)

Pocket Calculator open in new window
Online calculator, written in Java. Includes Square root button and number memory. Source code can be downloaded.
(http://www.df.lth.se/~mikaelb/pocketcalc-enu.shtml)

Properties of Dice open in new window
Polyhedral dice and their properties.
(http://hjem.get2net.dk/Klaudius/Dice.htm)

Puzzle Fun open in new window
On-line newsletter edited by Rodolfo Kurchan about polyominoes and other puzzles.
(http://anduin.eldar.org/~problemi/pfun/pfun.html)

REC: Recreational and Educational Computing open in new window
A newsletter/magazine with programs, including optional supplemental PC disk. All back issues are available. Topics include puzzles & teasers, BASIC programming, math, letters, graphics, fractals, challenges, recreation, reviews, word-play, humor, tips, solutions, and Mathemagical Black Holes.
(http://members.aol.com/DrMWEcker/REC.html)

Recmath open in new window
Includes pages on magic squares and polyomino patterns and contains related java applets.
(http://web.idirect.com/~recmath/)

Recreational Mathematics open in new window
Links collected at CAMEL, the Canadian Mathematical Society website.
(http://camel.math.ca/Recreation/recreation.html)

Recreational Mathematics (David Eppstein) open in new window
An extensive list of web resources for recreational math.
(http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/recmath.html)

Recreational Mathematics Forum open in new window
A forum for posting messages about math recreations. Hosted at Delphi.
(http://forums.delphiforums.com/recmath/start/)

Recreational Mathematics Topics open in new window
By Steven Dutch. Symmetry, Crystals, Polyhedra and Tilings; Pythagorean triplets and other things about sums of powers; Geometry Classics.
(http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/RECMATH/recmath.htm)

Rite Item open in new window
Geometrical shareware software. Anyangle (Windows/DOS) finds answers to problems involving triangles. Partydot creates patterns.
(http://www.riteitem.com/)

Roman Numerals open in new window
Contains a introduction to Roman numerals including a translation of the digits used and a convertor which can convert decimal to Roman numerals and vice versa.
(http://www.novaroma.org/via_romana/numbers.html)

Rubik's Cube Lecture Notes open in new window
Notes on the mathematics of the Rubik's cube.
(http://web.usna.navy.mil/~wdj/rubik_nts.htm)

Scott Kim open in new window
Puzzles for web, computers, and print; ambigrams.
(http://www.scottkim.com/)

Sequence Puzzles and Problems open in new window
With links to related sites. Compiled by Torsten Sillke.
(http://www.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de/~sillke/SEQUENCES/)

Sir Roger Penrose open in new window
A article about him and his interests and contributions to recreational mathematics.
(http://www.worldofescher.com/misc/penrose.html)

Skytopia - Super Magnet open in new window
A colourful world built entirely using mathematical atoms and molecules. Pictures and animations demonstrate structures colliding and interacting. Animated GIF demonstrations.
(http://www.skytopia.com/project/magnet/magnet.html)

Spirocharts open in new window
A windows app that creates mathematically precise spirograph drawings; savable as images.
(http://www.nehuenmultimedia.com.ar/html/spirograph.html)

Spirograph open in new window
A java applet for creating Spirograph images.
(http://dogbomb.com/spi/)

Sportlab open in new window
Combines high school and college math topics into sports applications.
(http://www.geocities.com/sportlab/)

Table of Numbers Problem open in new window
Given a m * n rectangle, place all numbers from 1 to mn that minimizes the sum of the products of rows and columns (both in Spanish and English).
(http://www.alpertron.com.ar/CUADRO.HTM)

The Aesthetics of Symmetry open in new window
A brief digression into how we perceive symmetrical patterns -- what makes them boring, interesting, or overly intricate
(http://home.earthlink.net/~jdc24/symmetry.htm)

The Chaos Hypertextbook open in new window
The theory behind the sumptuous images and technical jargon of chaos, fractals, and nonlinear dynamics. Simple experiments for programmable calculators, instructions for drawing fractal images, and the meanings of dimension.
(http://hypertextbook.com/chaos/)

The Diamond 16 Puzzle open in new window
New version of the classic puzzle using row/column/quadrant permutations to display symmetries of graphic designs. Has link to a site on the underlying mathematics (Diamond Theory).
(http://m759.freeservers.com/puzzle.html)