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From The Klondike (S614)
From the book
"Mathematical Puzzles of Sam Loyd"
Edited by Martin Gardner
From: Dover Publications in 1959
Find a numbered route
from the center to
the outside of the
woods.
Euler, the great mathematician,
discovered a rule for
solving all manner
of maze puzzles, which, as all good
puzzlers know depends
chiefly upon working backwards.
The puzzle above,
however, was built purposely to defeat
Euler's rule, and
out of many attempts is probably the
only one that thwarted
his method.
Start from that heart
in the center. Go thee steps in
a straight line in
any one of the eight directions,
north, south, east,
west, or on the bias, as the ladies
say, northeast, northwest,
southeast, or southwest.
When you have gone
three steps in a straight line you
will reach a square
with a number on it, which indicates
the second days journey,
as many steps as it tells, in a
straight line in
any one of the eight directions. From
this new point, march
on again according to the number
indicated, and continue
on in this manner until you come
upon a square with
a number which will carry you just
one step beyond the
border. You will then be out of the
woods and can holler
all you want, for you will have
solved the puzzle! |
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