Puzzle, Magic Die
Puzzle, Magic Die
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- Description
- This puzzle consists of twenty-seven die arranged so that the sum of any row, column, main diagonal (upper left to lower right), or off-diagonal around all four lateral faces is always 42. The die are glued together to form one 1 x 1 x 1 cube, one 2 x 2 x 2 cube, three 2 x 2 x 1 blocks, and three 2 x 1 x 1 blocks.
- Reference:
- Jeremiah P. Farrell, "Cube Puzzles," The Mathemagician and the Pied Puzzler: A Collection in Tribute to Martin Gardner, ed. Elwyn Berlekamp and Tom Rodgers, Natick, MA: A. K. Peters,1999, 145-149.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Puzzle
- Date made
- 1992
- maker
- Farrell, Jeremiah P.
- place made
- United States: Indiana, Indianapolis
- Measurements
- overall: 4.8 cm x 4.8 cm x 4.8 cm; 1 7/8 in x 1 7/8 in x 1 7/8 in
- ID Number
- 2005.3031.04
- catalog number
- 2005.3031.04
- nonaccession number
- 2005.3031
- Credit Line
- Gift of Jeremiah P. Farrell
- subject
- Mathematics
- Mathematical Recreations
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- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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