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[drawing of 4 puzzle pieces arranged in a square]
[drawing of 4 jigsaw puzzle pieces arranged in a square] on each edge, except at the outside of the overall
layout. There is a pattern - bodies and long arms
leading to hands, etc. - that can only be put to-
gether in one way. They both said that this was
based on the MacMahon squares.
 
The squares and also the MacMahon cubes, the 30 cubes that
Martin wrote up for <u>Frank Armbruster</u> as <u>THE TOWER GAME</u> last
year, are in the book <u>MATHEMATICAL PASTIMES</u> by <u>P.A. MacMahon</u>. It
contains the most complete study of putting together different
shapes so that colors match at the edges. It is out of print
but Martin says it is available. He is trying to get Dover to
put it out.
 
<u>MacMahon</u> had only one thing put out commercially - a
(cont. on 9/2)