Gardner (Martin) papers

Box 69, folder 5

Elvin Lee 1982-1984

Scope and Contents note

Correspondance with autobiographical information, mathematics problems & puzzles, and biblical numerology

Amicible numbers

Box 69, folder 6

Norman Bloom 1976

Scope and Contents note

2 copies of "The New World", publication by Norman Bloom, from Aug. 8, 1976 and Nov. 15, 1976

Board Games

Physical Description: 27 folder(s)

Box 32, folder 10

Board Games [1 of 2] 1961-1975

Scope and Contents note

Many games described or analysed, including:

Jews & Arabs

Coprime Nim

Kercheck (Maxey Brooke) ("Retreat")

Switch

Games on Shogi board

Lines of Action

Tromino Go

Jungle

Null

Laska

Knight Chase

Fez

Towers

Correspondents:

Conway, John

Penszko, Marek

Abbott, Robert

Shepherd, Wilfred

Sackson, Sid

Thayer, John

Scott, Gini

Randlett, Samuel

Feather, Martin

Box 32, folder 11

Board Games [2 of 2] 1977-1996

Scope and Contents note

Senet

Kensington

Square Off

Dodge

Terrorist Attach 101

Correspondents:

Shahshahani, S.

Walton, Dale

Abbott, Robert

Parkin, Robert

Box 32, folder 12

Solomon Game 1982-1992

Scope and Contents note

Combinatorial board

A game by MG, subtitled "A Game of Peace"

"Solomon: The Game of Peace", by Martin Gardner, 26pp (typescript) - Description, history, strategy & variations for the game

Correspondents:

Schmittberger, Wayne

Jones, Kathy

Box 32, folder 13

Soloman Puzzles 1984

Scope and Contents note

MG notes on puzzles from game of Solomon

Box 33, folder 1

Go 1970-1998

Scope and Contents note

Correspondents:

Wells, David

Wynn, Stephen

Box 33, folder 2

Mastermind (& Bulls & Cows) 1966-1977

Scope and Contents note

Several attempted analyses

Correspondents:

Rasper, John

Morgan, Dennis

Gittings, Thomas

Box 33, folder 3

Simple Games - Solution Known & Unknown 1956-1996

Scope and Contents note

Tiger and Elephants

Winemanship

"Theorem on Certain Types of Games, with Applications", by Herbert Salzer (typescript); includes Nim, Kayles, Cornering the Pig

"Cheap, Middling, or Dear", by V. Chuatal (typescript)

"Silverman's Game on Intervals", by Ronald Evens (typescript)

Correspondents:

Silverman, David

Salzer, Herbert

Liu, Andy

Box 33, folder 4

Phutball 1974-1978

Scope and Contents note

Correspondents:

Conway, John

Knuth, Donald

Atwater, Thomas

Box 33, folder 5

Mancala Games 1894-1978

Scope and Contents note

Correspondents:

Abbott, Robert

Weinberg, Gerald

Box 33, folder 6

McCue's Automata (Tanks) Game 1974

Scope and Contents note

Correspondents:

McCue, Brian

Box 33, folder 7

Logiquad (Marbles) 1974

Scope and Contents note

Correspondents:

Pos, Norman

Box 33, folder 8

Hexagonal Tessellation Games (Chinese Checkers, etc.) 1964-1983

Scope and Contents note

Hexcheckers (game in different folder)

Agon & Queens Guard

Hex-A-Board

Surround (Edward Weed)

Wargame simulations in John Koontz letter

Correspondents:

Koontz, John

Shepherd, Wilfred

Box 33, folder 9

Marek Penszko 1969-1983

Scope and Contents note

Various games & puzzles, printed on card stock, including Mini Krzyzowki, Teczowy Kwiat, Waz, Wi Row Ka, Harcaby, Kratkownica, & Nakrywanka

Box 33, folder 10

Triangular Bridg-it 1964

Scope and Contents note

Correspondents:

Tripp, John

Box 33, folder 11

Twixt & Variants 1969-1978

Box 33, folder 12

Rithmomachy 1946-1989

Scope and Contents note

"Boissiere's Pythagorean Game", by John F.C. Richards, 1946 (pamphlet reprint)

Box 33, folder 13

Monopoly 1973-1996

Scope and Contents note

Shortest Monopoly game

Many newspaper articles about history, lawsuits, and other related Monopoly happenings

Correspondents:

Cave, James

Hoffman, Paul

Box 33, folder 14

Laska 1980

Scope and Contents note

Sixstaxs, a solitaire (peg jumping) puzzle from Laska

Correspondents:

Lushbaugh, Warren

Box 33, folder 15

Backgammon 1980-1981

Box 33, folder 16

Nost 1967

Scope and Contents note

Knights of the Square Table

Box 33, folder 17

Epaminodas (Abbott) 1974

Scope and Contents note

Correspondents:

Abbott, Robert

Box 33, folder 18

Holt's "Mem" 1968

Box 33, folder 19

Simulation Games 1971-1983

Scope and Contents note

Many ads for various simulation games

Box 34, folder 1

War Games 1962-1982

Scope and Contents note

Articles on war games and war gaming

Correspondents:

Schwartz, Benjamin

Box 34, folder 2

Chinese Checkers (Hist.) 1994

Scope and Contents note

Issue of quarterly journal, Hedge Apple and Devil's Claw, Spring, 1994, by John Brewer. Contains several stories and articles by him, including his attemps to trace the history of Chinese Checkers.

Box 34, folder 3

Lewis Carroll Game 1990-1997

Scope and Contents note

Word game by MG, based on an idea of Lewis Carroll, played on a chess board

Correspondents:

Jones, Kathy

Knuth, Donald

Box 34, folder 4

Dots & Squares 1958-2001

Scope and Contents note

Analyses by B.B. Compton Crick, Robert Rubinstein, Newark State College, J.P. Ballantine, Greg Chaitin, Ronald Wiener, and more.

Also some variations: Cubes, Q-Bickles, Dots & Triangle's, & hexagons.

Correspondents:

Berlekamp, Elwyn

Crick, M.F.Compton

Chaitin, Greg

Wiener, Ronald

Chess

Box 58, folder 1

Bobby Fischer [1 of 2] 1958-1972

Scope and Contents note

Many articles on Fischer, mostly newspaper, and mostly on the 1972 match with Boris Spassky

Box 58, folder 2

Bobby Fischer [2 of 2] 1972-1992

Scope and Contents note

More articles

Box 58, folder 3

Polgar Sisters 1993-1994

Scope and Contents note

2 popular articles

Box 58, folder 4

Checkerboard Puzzles (The board itself, no chess pieces) 1957-1982

Scope and Contents note

Mostlly checkerboard dissections. Much analysis, by MG & others.

Different board sizes, etc.

Impossibility proofs

2 or 4 congruent halfs or quarters

Polyomino dissections

Cut & re-arrange

Correspondents:

Marlow, T.

Golomb, Solomon

Scott, Dana

Morris, Lockwood

Box 58, folder 5

Queen Tours - & Dot Problems (& King Tours) 1962-1999

Scope and Contents note

Graphs on point lattices

"Minimum Segment Polygonal Paths on Point Lattices", by Solomon Golomb (typescript)

Many problems and solutions, and some analysis

Correspondents:

Golomb, Solomon

Box 58, folder 6

Superposable Queens 1962-1984

Scope and Contents note

n sets of n queens on nxn board, each set one color, so no queen attacks another of the same color. Also "Pegboard Problem", and "Hoo-Doo"

MG idea for marketable version (order 7)

Impossibility proof of n=8

Box 58, folder 7

Queen Problems (Static) 1960-1998

Scope and Contents note

Various queen problems, mostly attacking cells on chessboard

Queens on hexagonal board, on a cylinder, on a torus, etc.

"On the Queen Domination Problem", by Charles Grimstead, et.al. (typescript)

Box 58, folder 8

The Non-Attacking Queens (& 3-Spacde Cases) 1962-2001

Scope and Contents note

"The Unexpected Two Dimensional Space-Group Containing Seven of the Twelve Basic Solutions to the 8 Queens Problem", by David Hollander, 1972 (typescript)

"A Linear Time Algorithm for Constructing a Solution to the N-Queens Problem", by Bruce Abramson & Mordechai Yung, 1984 (typescript)

"Queen Squares", by David Klarner, 1978 (report) - 3D cases

Box 58, folder 9

Clyde Minton - Queen Tasks, ETc. 2000

Scope and Contents note

"Generalizing a Classic Statical Chess Board Puzzle", by C.C. Minton, 91pp (typescript)

Correspondents:

Minton, Clyde

Box 58, folder 10

Misc. Chess Puzzles 1961-1998

Scope and Contents note

Many chess problems and references

"Chess and Mathematics Bibliography", by Loren Larson, 1974 (mimeo)

Correspondents:

Harris, John

Charosh, Mannis

Stover, Mel

Box 58, folder 11

Nonattacking Rooks 1962-1996

Scope and Contents note

Problems and formula for how many

Correspondents:

Larson, Loren

Golomb, Solomon

Charnley, Donald

Box 58, folder 12

Costas Arrays 1984

Scope and Contents note

1 articles (by Solomon Golomb)

Box 58, folder 13

Rook, Bishop tours 1948-1999

Scope and Contents note

MG notes

Several problems & analyses

Correspondents:

Austin, A.K.

Guertin, Richard

Box 58, folder 14

Rooks, Bishops, Kings (Static) 1971-1990

Scope and Contents note

Problem of attacking all squares

Much MG analysis & notes

Box 58, folder 15

Kriegspiel 1962-1980

Scope and Contents note

"Kriegspiel and Phantom Chess", by Robert Abbott (computer printout)

Also called "The Chess War Game"

Various descriptions & sets of rules

Box 58, folder 16

Max & Min. Chess Problems, The 8-Pieces (Feb/62) 1962-1989

Scope and Contents note

Many reader solutions to 8 pieces attacking maximum or minimum number of squares

Box 58, folder 17

Smullyan - Chess Problems 1973-1978

Scope and Contents note

Correspondance about Smullyans books on retrograde chess problems

Some Smullyan monochromatic-move problems

Correspondents:

Smullyan, Raymond

Box 59, folder 1

Knight Problems 1967-1999

Scope and Contents note

"A Linear Algorithm For Computing the Knight's Domination Number of a KxN Chessboard", by E.O. Hare & S.T. Hedetniemi (typescript)

Correspondents:

Philpott, Wade

Box 59, folder 2

Knight Tours 1967-1999

Scope and Contents note

Lots of MG notes

Knuth's typefont for knights tours

Correspondents:

Francis, Darryl

Knuth, Donald

Jelliss, G.P.

Box 59, folder 3

Fairy Piece Tours Undated

Scope and Contents note

1 article, by Pickover

Box 59, folder 4

Curious "Mate in -" Problems 1965-1985

Scope and Contents note

Many problems & notes of problems

Correspondents:

Moser, Leo

Charosh, Mannis

Box 59, folder 5

Minimal Mating Sets on Infinite Boards 1975

Scope and Contents note

1 letter/analysis, by S.P. Gobel

Box 59, folder 6

Chess-Misc. (Fiction, Philos, Etc) 1954-1975

Scope and Contents note

A couple of stories, several story references & discriptions

Box 59, folder 7

Is Chess NP-Complete 1981

Scope and Contents note

One article , by Aviezri Fraenkel

Box 59, folder 8

Fairy Chess 1960-2002

Scope and Contents note

Lots of discriptions of variant chess rules and variant pieces

Several "Stovers Side Show" columns

Correspondents:

Abbott, Robert

Boyer, Joseph

Pritchard, David

Box 59, folder 9

3-D Chess 1952-1994

Scope and Contents note

Many discriptions of 3-D chess versions

Manuscript ofr book on 3-D chess, by Peter-Rene Tottger, ~44 pp, in German, many color pictures, 1994

Box 59, folder 10

Minimum Short Games 2000

Scope and Contents note

1 page from Mario Velucchi

Box 59, folder 11

6-Tuplet & 7-Tuplet Pawns 1976-1977

Scope and Contents note

Correspondents:

Nelson, Harry

Kirtley, Mark

Rubin, Sidney

Box 59, folder 12

Mathematics of the Chessboard 2002

Scope and Contents note

Manuscript of book by John Watkins, 16pp, 12 figures, sent to MG for review (but he declined)

Box 59, folder 13

Computer Chess [1 of 3] 1950-1971

Scope and Contents note

Many articles, mostly popular, on computer chess

Correspondents:

Moss, Moe

Lasker, Edward

Box 59, folder 14

Computer Chess [2 of 3] 1972-1978

Scope and Contents note

"Computable Sub-Games of Chess", by Donald Michie, 1978 (draft)

Correspondents:

Michie, Donald

Box 59, folder 15

Computer Chess [3 of 3] 1979-1998

Combinatorics

Physical Description: 62 folder(s)

Box 22, folder 16

Combinatorics Problems [1 of 2] 1964-1987

Scope and Contents note

Many problems, solutions, and analyses

Correspondents:

Feldman, Anatol

Knuth, Donald

Hein, Piet

Narayanan

Box 22, folder 17

Combinatorics Problems [2 of 2] 1973-1998

Scope and Contents note

Correspondents:

Nelson, Harry

Box 23, folder 1

Misc. Refs, Jokes, etc 1965-2000

Scope and Contents note

"Backtrack Programming Techniques", by James R. Bitner & Edward Reingold, 1974 (typescript)

"Theory of Combinatorial Arrangements(no author, no date), 10pp, (Photocopy)

Box 23, folder 2

NP-Complete [Complexity Theory] 1976-2000

Scope and Contents note

Complexity Theory (outline by MG?) (typescript)

Many articles

Box 23, folder 3

Zero-Knowledge Proofs 1986-1996

Scope and Contents note

(Public Key encryption?)

"Unconditionallyl Secure Protocols", (no author, no date), 6pp (typescript)

"Expected Value Payment Method ...", patent application by Michael Rossides, 1991 (draft typescript)

Box 23, folder 4

Traveling Salesman 1954-1995

Scope and Contents note

Many articles

Correspondents:

Dwyer, David

Box 23, folder 5

Lin's Traveling Salesman Max 1985

Scope and Contents note

Mostly articles, analyses, and results on best path between the 48 state capitals

Correspondents:

Lin, Shen

Padberg, Manfred

Box 23, folder 6

Knapsack Problems 1974-1991

Scope and Contents note

Several MG suggestions of ways to present simple knapsack problems as puzzles.

Several articles with algorithms

Correspondents:

Johnson, David

Box 23, folder 7

Min. & Max. Adjacent Cells of Squares, N-cubes, Torus, etc 1964-1985

Scope and Contents note

MG notes on various problems

"On Mappings from 2 to 1 Dimensions which Minimize the Separation of Images of Adjacent Points", by Graeme Mitchenson & Richard Durbin (typescript)

Correspondents:

Liu, Andy

Trigg, Charles

Golomb, Solomon

Box 23, folder 8

Combinatorial Card Problems 1970-1999

Scope and Contents note

Game analyses (Concentration; Red or Black; Mind Poker, etc)

Many MG problems, analyses, suggestions

"Ten Card Poker Deal", by Jon Racherbaumer

Poker tricks, ESP tricks

Correspondents:

Avallone, Robert

Hein, Piet

Diaconis, Persi

Harkleroad, Leon

Box 23, folder 9

The 31 Card Game (also Die) 1974-1985

Scope and Contents note

Variations & analyses of summing numbers from 1-6, to make 31

Booklets on the game (and variations)

Correspondents:

Van Note, Peter

Box 23, folder 10

Non-Messing-Up Theorem 1971

Scope and Contents note

Booklet by David Gale & Richard Karp, 1971

Correspondents:

Gale, David

Box 23, folder 11

Young Tableaux & Non-Mess Theorem; Ferrer's Graph 1976-1995

Scope and Contents note

MG notes

"Young Tableaux", by Richard Stanley (27 pp) (typescript)

Correspondents:

Wilf, Herbert

Schensted, Craige

Box 24, folder 1

Card Sorting 1978-1995

Scope and Contents note

Several different sorting problems, and several different algorithms to solve them.

"Nontrivial Improvements to the Hwan-Lin Merging Algorithm", by Glenn Manacher (typescript)

"Choosing Fair Teams", by Larry Carter & John Gill (typescript)

Correspondents:

Manacher, Glenn

Jackson, Bradley

Box 24, folder 2

Generalized Tower of Hanoi 1972-1991

Scope and Contents note

Discussions & results on this (still unproved) problem.

"The Towers and Triangles of Professor Claus", by David Poole (typescript)

Correspondents:

Manacher, Glenn

Maurer, Stephen

Rivest, Ronald

Poole, David

Box 24, folder 3

Panex Puzzle 1983

Scope and Contents note

Notes from the manufacturer

"Some Results on the Panex Puzzle", by Mark Manasse, Danny Sleator, Victor Wei (typescript)

Correspondents:

Hess, Richard

Nokihara, Hiroshi

Graham, Ron

Box 24, folder 4

Voting - Tournaments, Committees, Seatings, Walks, Etc. [1 of 2] 1963-1983

Scope and Contents note

Photocopies of Lewis Carroll letters to St.-James Gazette, on Lawn Tennis Tournaments (6 letters, all 1883).

Many articles.

"Quasigroups and Tactical Systems", by Ronald Baker, 1995 (typescript)

"Tournament Configuration and Weighted Voting", by B.E. Wynne & T.V. Narayama (typescript)

"Regular Tournament Design", by E. Mendlesohn, 1977 (typescript)

Correspondents:

Assmus, Ed

Penrose, Roger

Mendelsohn, Eric

Box 24, folder 5

Voting - Tournaments, Committees, Seatings, Walks, Etc. [2 of 2] 1984-1998

Scope and Contents note

Many articles, several on voting paradoxes.

"Some Unsolved Problems", by David Singmaster (typescript)

Box 24, folder 6

Spouse-Free Tennis Tournament 1960-1975

Scope and Contents note

Equivalent to Self-orthogonal Latin squares.

Correspondents:

Wilson, Richard

Box 24, folder 7

Comb. Die Problems [1 of 2] 1966-1985

Scope and Contents note

31 game.

Dice problems based on structure of faces.

Dice Rolling [to?s]

"A Mathematical Analysis of the Game of Thirty-One", by Richard Steinberg (typescript)

Oriental Dice

Correspondents:

Diaconis, Persi

Celko, Joe

Steinberg, Richard

Towler, Don

Kobon

Friedland, Aaron

Box 24, folder 8

Comb. Die Problems [2 of 2] 1969-1999

Scope and Contents note

Correspondents:

Cammann, Schuyler

Thorp, Edward

Epstein, Richard

Maven, Max

Box 24, folder 9

Petals Around Rose 1976-1989

Scope and Contents note

Also "Roots", and "Missed the Boat"

Roll dice, figure number they represent

Box 24, folder 10

Bingo 1963-1973

Scope and Contents note

Correspondents:

Knuth, Donald

Lessing, Ronald

Lansing, Cornelius

Box 24, folder 11

Weighing Problems [1 of 2] 1963-1984

Scope and Contents note

Many different weighing problems, including many false-coin problems, and mathematical analysis of problems.

2 false coin puzzles from Emmet Duffy, along with cardboard calculators for each (and the original 12-coin problem) & instructions for use. (Calculators in separate folder.)

Correspondents:

Duffy, Emmet

Tanner, Leslie

Box 24, folder 12

Comb. Die Problems [2 of 2] 1963-1997

Scope and Contents note

"The False-Coin Problem - a Colorful Approach", by Uri Leron, Technion Preprint MT443, 1979

Box 24, folder 13

12 Coins 1955-2001

Scope and Contents note

Variations, references.

Solutions using words (12 different letters).

Correspondents:

Card, L.E.

O'Beirne, Thomas

Cheney, Fitch

Riecker, Carl Jr.

Wiley, Roland

Box 25, folder 1

Median Algebra (& Cards) (Craige Schensted) 1978

Scope and Contents note

Long letter from Schensted that develops aAgebra of Medians, discusses its relationship to Boolean Algebra & Calculus of Propostions, and gives a couple of card tricks based on it.

Correspondents:

Schensted, Craige

Box 25, folder 2

Stable Marriage, & College Admissions Problem 1962

Scope and Contents note

Original article (by Gale & Shapley), plus MG notes from Gilman's lecture.

Box 25, folder 3

The 21 "IDOO" Problem 1972-1975

Scope and Contents note

IDOO = Isolated Diamonds, Order One (in MacMahon Squares.)

Correspondents:

Fink, Federico

Harris, John

Box 25, folder 4

The 9-Piece Subset of MacMahon 3-Color Squares (Torus) 1974-1975

Scope and Contents note

Using the 9 MacMahon pieces that show all 3 colors, match all edges toroidally.

Analysis of puzzle and game.

Correspondents:

Nelson, Harry

Philpott, Wade

Box 25, folder 5

Finite Projective Planes 1961-1962

Scope and Contents note

2 articles, MG notes.

Box 25, folder 6

Empirical Formulas to which Calc. Finite Difs May be Applies 1961-1991

Scope and Contents note

3-color cubes

Coloring of sides, faces of figures.

Tetrahedra.

Paths in Square City Blocks.

Intersecting lines.

Dissecting lines with points, plane with lines, etc.

"Region Count for Straight Line Cutting of Flat Figures", by W. Funkenbusch & R. Odendahl (typescript)

Mostly MG notes and calculations, plus some articles.

Box 25, folder 7

Pell Equation undated

Scope and Contents note

"Pell's Equation - A Tool For the Puazle Smith", by Mogens Esron Larsen (typescript)

Box 25, folder 8

Counters (Place or Move) (Cards, Etc.) [1 of 2] 1959-1985

Scope and Contents note

Slide & Jump puzzle (Leap Frog)

Some peg jumping games.

"Pegboard Games", by D. G. Tabta, Mathematical Teaching Pamphlet No. 13, 1967

Hanky Panky (Forming piles).

Color exchanges on 2-D boards

... and many more similar puzzles & games

Correspondents:

Kaplan, Philip

Box 25, folder 9

Comb. Die Problems [2 of 2] 1961-2002

Scope and Contents note

Penny-dime problems (permuting the order)

Correspondents:

Gombert, Jan Martin

McNear, John

Box 25, folder 10

Sliding Penny Puzzles 1995-2002

Box 25, folder 11

Alternating Coins OoOoOo & Variants 1960-1998

Scope and Contents note

Paper on Penny-dime probmes, by Gombert(typescript)

Analysis, articles, MG notes.

Correspondents:

Liu, Stanley Wu-Wei

Gombert, Jan Martin

Hitotumatu, Sin

Bergerson, Howard

Box 25, folder 12

The Russian Pebble Problem 1992-2000

Scope and Contents note

Correspondents:

Liu, Andy

Murray, Jason

Box 25, folder 13

Dividing the Cake [1 of 2] 1967-1992

Scope and Contents note

MG notes, references.

Many algorithms for fair division, both in letters and articles.

Correspondents:

Brams, Steven

Saemundsson, Th.

Balinski, M.L.

Cottingham, Charles

Box 25, folder 14

Dividing the Cake [2 of 2] 1992-2002

Scope and Contents note

Many more articles and algorithms.

Box 25, folder 15

Switching Puzzles 1987-1989

Scope and Contents note

2 articles: reversing trains, and Dewdney article.

Box 26, folder 1

Firing Squad Problem 1965-1972

Scope and Contents note

Synchronization problem with finite state machines.

"The Firing Squad Problem", by W.F. Lunnon, 1970 (typescript)

Box 26, folder 2

Busy Beaver Problems 1981-1989

Scope and Contents note

5-state Turing machine to print maximal no. of 1's.

Correspondents:

Gallimore, Nicholas

Box 26, folder 3

Postage Stamp Problem 1978-2000

Scope and Contents note

Least amount that cannot be made with at most t stamps, each one valued at one of k denominations.

Correspondents:

Rogers, Douglas

Guy, Richard

Box 26, folder 4

Pantactic 1965-1993

Scope and Contents note

"Phagic Squares", by Ian Stewart, ~1972 (typescript).

"Pseudo-Random Sequences and Arrays", by F.J. MacWilliams and N.J.A. Sloane (typescript).

MG notes.

Correspondents:

Stewart, Ian

Astle, Brian

Box 26, folder 5

Ising Problem 1971

Scope and Contents note

1 article (by Harary) + 1 page MG notes.

Box 26, folder 6

The Circular Ruler 1973-1982

Scope and Contents note

"On the Set of Distances Determined by the Union of Arithmetic Progressions", by F.R.K. Chung & R.L. Graham (typescript).

MG notes.

Correspondents:

Grimsey, A.H.R.

James, David

Box 26, folder 7

Checkers & Go are P Space Hard (& Chess results) 1978-1981

Scope and Contents note

Various articles.

Correspondents:

Johnson, David

Fraenkel, Aviezri

Box 26, folder 8

Costas Arrays (2D "Rulers"), Golomb & Taylor 1982-1983

Scope and Contents note

2 Golomb articles (one with Taylor)

Box 26, folder 9

The Condom Problem 1977-1989

Scope and Contents note

Correspondents:

Vardi, Ilan

Lipton, Richard

Ghijsen, Jacques

Box 26, folder 10

Ferry (Crossing) Problems 1961-1997

Scope and Contents note

Many rivere crossing problems, analysis, MG notes, etc.

Box 26, folder 11

Error Correcting Codes [1 of 2] 1950-1976

Scope and Contents note

Many articles, preprints, reprints, etc.

Box 26, folder 12

Error Correcting Codes [2 of 2] 1976-1999

Box 26, folder 13

Guess A Number Game 1972-1990

Scope and Contents note

Mediocrity

Bulls & Cows (numberic Mastermind) (Moo)

Silverman's Game

Guess a Number - With Lying

Toetjes Problem

Correspondents:

Hofstadter, Douglas

Eachus, Joseph

Hawkins, David

Box 26, folder 14

Ulam's Guess a Number with Lies 1974-2001

Scope and Contents note

Correspondents:

Hawkins, David

Box 26, folder 15

Point-Set Coloring 1993

Box 26, folder 16

Self Avoiding Walks 1992-1994

Box 26, folder 17

Bay Restaurant 1974

Box 26, folder 18

Jeep Problem 1995

Box 26, folder 19

Pancake Problem 1995

Scope and Contents note

Analysis by Leslie Upton

Correspondents:

Upton, Leslie

Box 26, folder 20

Paper Fold (Andy Liu) 1999

Scope and Contents note

"Group Folding and Groups Unfolded", by Andy Liu (typescript)

Box 26, folder 21

Rolling Cubes undated

Computers

Physical Description: 43 folder(s)

Box 43, folder 1

Computer vs Hand Proofs (Experimental Math) 1978-1994

Scope and Contents note

Several articles discussing computer proofs, especially in reference to 4-color theroem, mostly from a philosophic perspective

Correspondents:

Tymoczko, Thomas

Swart, Edward

Boas, R.P.

Box 43, folder 2

History - Electronic Calculators 1964-1995

Scope and Contents note

Mostly newspaper & popular science magazines

Box 43, folder 3

Influence on Math 1977-1989

Scope and Contents note

Discrete Mathematics, algorithms

Box 43, folder 4

Early Mechanical Devices (& New Hardware) 1973-1993

Scope and Contents note

Napiers Bones, Babbage, Adding machines, etc.

Package (but ot item) of "Consul", the Educated Monkey, a calculator

Correspondents:

Williams, Michael

Luebbert, William

Harary, Frank

Box 43, folder 5

Fluidics 1960-1998

Scope and Contents note

Some articles (SA & others)

Box 43, folder 6

Automation, Cybernetics [1 of 2] 1948-1965

Scope and Contents note

Many articles (newspaper, popular science) on automation, its' advantages & its' dangers

Box 43, folder 7

Automation, Cybernetics [2 of 2] 1938-1993

Scope and Contents note

Collection of 1952 SA articles on automatic control, because the book based on them cut the articles and the pictures

Box 43, folder 8

Analog Devices 1984-1985

Scope and Contents note

2 SA articles by Dewdney

Box 43, folder 9

Teaching Machines 1960-1963

Scope and Contents note

Articles

Box 43, folder 10

Computer & Video Games 1974-1994

Scope and Contents note

Several (mostly popular) articles

Box 43, folder 11

Pocket Calculators 1972-1981

Scope and Contents note

Several articles, popular & technical

Box 43, folder 12

Pocket Calculator Problems 1965-1980

Scope and Contents note

Various ideas for calculator problems, many by MG

Calculation a square root

Box 43, folder 13

Inverted Words 1974-1979

Scope and Contents note

... on a calculator

"Dictionary and Games For Pocket Calculators", by David, Sarah, & C. Peter Rosenbaum, 1975, 22p (typescript)

Lots of examples

Correspondents:

Knuth, Donald

Box 43, folder 14

Calculator Tricks & Stunts 1973-1983

Scope and Contents note

Chinese Remainder Theorem

ABCABC

Many calculator magic tricks

Correspondents:

Lyons, L. Vosburgh

Hudson, Charles

Stover, Mel

Altman, David

Neale, Bob

Golomb, Solomon

Box 44, folder 1

Pocket Calculator Games 1975-1976

Scope and Contents note

Set of problems from the HP-65 Users Club (1975)

Subtraction game from Lynn Yarbrough

Correspondents:

Yarbrough, Lynn

Box 44, folder 2

Endpaper (NYT) (Pocket Calculator 1975-1976

Scope and Contents note

Notes & suggestions fro "Endpaper" column for the New YOrk Times

Correspondents:

Collins, Glenn

Box 44, folder 3

Dynamic Programming (Bellman) undated

Scope and Contents note

SA article on Control Theory, by Richard Bellman

Box 44, folder 4

The L.E.D. & L.C.D. Readouts 1969-1976

Scope and Contents note

Various ways to write numerals and letters in grids

Box 44, folder 5

Computer Poetry (& Relation to Literature, etc.) 1971-1983

Scope and Contents note

3 articles on computer verse

Box 44, folder 6

Supercomputers (nonorganic) 1958-2000

Scope and Contents note

Various articles, mostly popular science magazines & newspapers, on progress in supercomputing design & types of supercomputers

"The Cosmological Limits on Computation", by Frank Tipler, 85pp (typescript)

Box 44, folder 7

Parallel Processing & Coming Supercomputers 1983-1996

Scope and Contents note

Articles, mostly popular

Also "Fifth Generation"

Box 44, folder 8

Information Retrieval -- HGW's World Brain 1960-1998

Scope and Contents note

H.G. Wells

Many articles, technical and popular

Box 44, folder 9

Computer Art & Graphics [1 of 2] 1966-1996

Scope and Contents note

Including various artists, and Tex

Correspondents:

Lurker, Ernst

Geckeler, Siegfried

Badler, Norman

O'Brien, James

Lambert, Frank

Box 44, folder 10

Computer Art & Graphics [2 of 2] 1980

Scope and Contents note

Folder & press release on artist Enrique Castro-Cid, and exhibition at Lowe Art Museum

Box 44, folder 11

Word Processors 1981-1985

Scope and Contents note

3 articles, 2 on authors switching to word processors, one on loss of corrected manustripts to history

Box 44, folder 12

Molecular Computers (Nanotechnology) 1982-2001

Scope and Contents note

Lots of articles, technical & popular

Correspondents:

Regis, Ed

Box 44, folder 13

Neural Neet Approach (Connectionism) 1987-1996

Scope and Contents note

Many articles

Box 44, folder 14

Game Programs (General) 1998

Scope and Contents note

Just 1 page, pointer to SA special on mind

Box 44, folder 15

Bridge Program undated

Scope and Contents note

1 photocopy of bridge article, that computer programs can't play bridge well

Box 44, folder 16

Computer Simulations 1989

Scope and Contents note

1 article, from Discover magazine, Oct. 1989

Box 44, folder 17

Computer Crime (& Sabatage) 1976-1999

Scope and Contents note

Lots of articles, on crime, viruses, worms, etc.

Box 44, folder 18

Optical Computers 1989-1998

Scope and Contents note

Several articles

Box 45, folder 1

"Virtual Reality" - Cyberspace 1989-1993

Scope and Contents note

Lots of popular artticles, about virtual reality, art, Jaron Lanier, "Neuromancer", etc

Box 45, folder 2

Hypertext 1992-1993

Scope and Contents note

Several newspaper articles

Box 45, folder 3

DNA Computing 1995-1996

Scope and Contents note

More articles

Correspondents:

Edwards, A.F.

Hu, Stephen

Box 51, folder 3

Edwards - On Venn 1988-1993

Scope and Contents note

"Ven Diagrams for Arbitrary Numbers of Sets", by A.W.F. Edwards (typescript)

Correspondents:

Edwards, A.W.F.

Box 51, folder 4

Foundos' Red/Grreen Device [1 of 2] 1980-1981

Scope and Contents note

Logic device & method by Stavros Foundos, called "Testrologic" (or "Testrolog"), he applies to making decisions in business ventures (using decision tree diagrams) - with patent (actual device in 3-D box)

Correspondents:

Foundos, Stavros

Box 51, folder 5

Foundos' Red/Grreen Device [2 of 2] 1980-1981

Box 51, folder 6

Joe Celko 1964-1965

Scope and Contents note

Much correspondance between MG & Joe Celko, about Celko's diagrams and physical abacus "SLABACUS", to solve logic problems. Also his National Science Fair paper "A Matrix Diagram For Symbolic Logic"

Correspondents:

Celko, Joe

Box 51, folder 7

Strict Implication 1951-1957

Scope and Contents note

MG notes (typed) about Strict Implication, mostly based on Lewis and Langford, and Carnap

Correspondents:

Lewis, C.I.

Box 51, folder 8

Stanhope 1952

Scope and Contents note

Photostat of article from Mind, 4/122, April 1879, on The Stanhope Demonstrator

Correspondents:

Carnap, Rudolf

Russell, Edward

Box 51, folder 9

Jevons 1951-1973

Scope and Contents note

Notes & articles about Jevons logic machine

Correspondents:

Mays, D.

Box 51, folder 10

Marquand 1953-1984

Scope and Contents note

MG notes on Allan Marquand

Photostats of "A New Logical Mahcine", by Allan Marquand, 1885, and other articles

Box 51, folder 11

Macaulay 1913

Scope and Contents note

Patent for logic machine

Box 51, folder 12

Pastore 1907-1951

Scope and Contents note

Notes & articles on Annibale Pastore

Correspondents:

Williams, Donald

Box 51, folder 13

Logic Cards 1951-1968

Scope and Contents note

Lots of versions of cards fro proving logic syllogisms, many by MG, and notes on others

Many examples (some in 3-D file)

Correspondents:

Cundy, Martyn

Moser, Leo

Box 52, folder 1

Syllogism Program "Lewis Carroll" 1979

Scope and Contents note

Article by Orlove

Box 52, folder 2

Electronic Syllogism Machines 1949-1976

Scope and Contents note

Article by Benjamin Burack, and some notes about an Electrical Logic Machine

Box 52, folder 3

Electric Logic Machines 1950-1975

Scope and Contents note

Many articles on various early logic machines

Box 52, folder 4

Kalin-Burkhart Machine 1956-1976

Scope and Contents note

MG notes on Kalin-Burkhart Logical-Truth Calculator, & pictures, & correspondance

Correspondents:

Burkhart, William

Kalin, Ted

Box 52, folder 5

Burroughs 1957

Scope and Contents note

Correspondance to get photos of the Burroughs Truth Function Evaluator (which uses Lukasiewicz' (Polish) notation)

Box 52, folder 6

Maron's Machine (1953 - not in book) 1953-1958

Scope and Contents note

3 articles by M.E. Maron on his machine for Sentential Calculus

Correspondents:

Maron, M.E.

Box 52, folder 7

Many-Valued Machines 1963-1974

Scope and Contents note

2 papers on models of multi-valued logic

Ads for 5th International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic, 1975

Box 52, folder 8

Minimizing Methods & Machines 1957-1977

Scope and Contents note

Minimizing Problem - to minimize Boolean functions, and therefor the number of relays in circuits

Veitsch Chart

Loomis' Grid

Flow Diagrams

Decision-accounts Table

Correspondents:

Nadler, Morton

Loomis, Lynn

Darwood, N.

Box 52, folder 9

Toy Computers (Cardboard, Think-A-Dot, Etc.) 1966-1994

Scope and Contents note

Mostly articles analyzing Think-A-Dot

Correspondents:

O'Beirne, Thomas

Box 52, folder 10

Martha Bertman's Cubes & Balls 1975-1981

Scope and Contents note

Cubes to simulate Boolean operations

Box 52, folder 11

Burk's History of Switches 1987

Scope and Contents note

"The History of Early Computer Switching", by Arthur W. Burks and Alice R. Burks, 42pp (typescript)

Correspondents:

Burks, Arthur

Box 52, folder 12

Mebane's 64 Syllogisms 1999-2000

Scope and Contents note

Articles on Christine Ladd-Franklin and her work on syllogistic logic, by I. Susan Russinoff

A syllogism chart, showing 64 possible syllogisms, 48 possibly valid, 24 actually valid, 12 "traditional", by Alexander Mebane

Correspondents:

Mebane, Alexander

Macmahon's Color Polygons

Physical Description: 4 folder(s)

Box 27, folder 1

Corner-Color Squares (Nitty-Gritty, Odier, etc) 1970-1984

Scope and Contents note

Duodomino, Nitty Gritty

Correspondents:

Philpott, Wade

Zimmerman, J.J.

Westerink, G.J.

Fink, Federico

Odier, Marc

Box 27, folder 2

Corner-Color Trangles (Odier) 1959-1975

Scope and Contents note

La Trioker

Patent applications for Marc Odier games.

Also various other related patents.

Correspondents:

Harris, John

Odier, Marc

Box 27, folder 3

Macmahon Color Hexagons 1971-1978

Scope and Contents note

Sets of hexagons to make edge-matched shapes, by L. Vossburgh Lyons, by Leslie Shader (XIX & CXX), and "Drive You Nuts".

Notes on Voz (L. Vosburgh Lyons) after his death.

Correspondents:

Prichodjko, Alexander

Philpott, Wade

Lyons, L. Vossburgh (Voz)

Box 27, folder 4

3D Forms undated

Scope and Contents note

Several edge matching 3D puzzles.

Correspondents:

Shader, Leslie

Magic Squares, Etc.

Physical Description: 23 folder(s)

Box 56, folder 4

Magic Squares - History and General [1 of 2] 1953-1976

Scope and Contents note

MG notes

"Fantasies in Figures, Mathematic Mysteries and Magic Squares", in Treasury of Folklore, by "Meloc" (Stanley Jackson Coleman), 1956 (mimeograph booklet)

"Report on Considerations Concerning Magic Squares and Their Use in Digital Design", by J.H. White, 38pp (mimeo, stapled)

Correspondents:

Laposky, Ben

Helbing, Edgar

Box 56, folder 5

Magic Squares - History and General [2 of 2] 1983-2000

Scope and Contents note

More notes, letters and articles on magic squares

Box 56, folder 6

Order-3 Square 1958-2001

Scope and Contents note

MG notes

Puzzles based on order-3 squares

Articles, analyses, etc

Correspondents:

Trigg, Charles

Box 56, folder 7

Anti-Magic Squares 1965-1971

Scope and Contents note

MG notes

Articles

Correspondents:

Mercer, Leigh

Box 56, folder 8

Order-4 Square (Diabolic) 1938-1998

Scope and Contents note

MG notes

Articles

Pandiagonal magic squares (by Ollerenshaw)

Correspondents:

Walker, Robert

Sallows, Lee

Ollerenshaw, Kathleen

Box 56, folder 9

Durer's Melancholia undated

Scope and Contents note

MG notes

Box 56, folder 10

Magic Square Magic Tricks 1942-1997

Scope and Contents note

MG notes

The Magic Square, Bert Allerton (simplified version, 1942)

The Magic Square, Phil Burns, 1956

Birthday Magic Squares, Max Katz, 1962

Patterns of Perfection, Sam Dalal, 1993

Some Stewart James predictions

The Ultimate Magic Square, by Christoph Wasshuber (Chris the Magician)

Box 56, folder 11

The Order-5 Square 1962-1975

Scope and Contents note

Program for counting order 5 magic squares: Bill Gosper, Richard Schroeppel, Michael Beeler, 1973

Box 57, folder 1

Orders > 5 (Squares) 1963-1997

Scope and Contents note

Franklin's Square

Pandiagonal Magic Squares of the Seventh Order (mimeo)

Other algorithms

Correspondents:

Ollerenshaw, Kathleen

Box 57, folder 2

The 32x32 Trimagic Square 1973-1976

Scope and Contents note

Material on it by William H. Benson

Correspondents:

Benson, William

Madachy, Joseph

Coxeter, H.S.M.

Klarner, David

Box 57, folder 3

Magic Stellated Dodecahedron 1976

Scope and Contents note

"Whitchcraft, or Perfect Magic Icosapentacles", by Bayard Wynne, 19pp (typescript)

Wynne calls the small stellated dodecahedron "Icosapentacles"

Box 57, folder 4

Magic Graphs 1964-1980

Scope and Contents note

Magic Octagons (French)

Various shapes and structures

Correspondents:

O'Beirne, Thomas

Trigg, Charles

Box 57, folder 5

Antimagic Triangles & Other Forms 1980-1981

Scope and Contents note

MG notes

3 articles by Charles Trigg (typescript)

Correspondents:

Trigg, Charles

Box 57, folder 6

Ennumeration of 6, 7, & 8 1966-1988

Scope and Contents note

Correspondents:

Domergue, A.

Moldon, Alan

Montgomery, Coralie

Ulrich, E.J.

Roubicek, Juan

Seare, S.A.

Box 57, folder 7

Sallows' Complex 3x3 Squares 1996-1997

Scope and Contents note

Correspondents:

Sallows, Lee

Box 57, folder 8

Magic Triangles 1957-1992

Scope and Contents note

Correspondents:

Piersel, W.Guthrie

Trigg, Charles

Box 57, folder 9

Alphamagic (Lee Sallows) 1986-1997

Scope and Contents note

Correspondents:

Sallows, Lee

Box 57, folder 10

Magic Hexagons (Aug/63) 1924-1992

Scope and Contents note

MG notes

Much reader correspondance

Only 3rd order magic hexagons exist: proof

Magic Hexagon Puzzle - (in 3D box)

Correspondents:

Tapson, Frank

Adams, Clifford

Fabel, Karl

Trigg, Charles

Lindgren, Harry

Box 57, folder 11

Magic Rectangles 1998-2000

Scope and Contents note

2 articles by Hadedorn (typescript)

Summary & chapters from book by Gil Lamb

Couple of other articles

Correspondents:

Hadedorn, Thomas

Lamb, Gil

Box 57, folder 12

Other Types 1966-1994

Scope and Contents note

Magic Circles

The Missing Fifth (magic trick)

Correspondents:

Lyons, Vosburgh (VOZ)

Box 57, folder 13

Multiplying Squares 1963-1997

Scope and Contents note

Correspondents:

Golomb, Solomon

McKay, Angus

Box 57, folder 14

Magic Stars 1964-2002

Scope and Contents note

MG notes

Correspondents:

Graham, Arthur

Chadosch, Robert

Lindgren, Harry

Box 57, folder 15

Venn Diagrams 2000

Scope and Contents note

Bernardo Recaman on Magic Venn Diagrams

Correspondents:

Recaman, Bernardo

Maps

Physical Description: 7 folder(s)

Box 40, folder 1

4 Color Conjecture & Equivalents [1 of 2] 1959-1973

Scope and Contents note

References

Many articles

"Remarks on the Four Color Problem", by Morris E. Rill, 1969, U. of OK. Preprint 94

Correspondents:

Bernhart, Frank

Box 40, folder 2

4 Color Conjecture & Equivalents [2 of 2] 1957-1999

Scope and Contents note

More articles

Bibliography (from mid-1970's) by Bernhart

"Origins of Graph Theory - A History to 1900", by P.J. Federico, sections 20-25 (photocopies)

2 letters to 4-color proovers (that their proofs had mistakes)

Correspondents:

Mendelsohn, Nathan

Box 40, folder 3

Map & Set Coloring (Misc) 1957-1996

Scope and Contents note

Various articles on coloring maps, 2, 3, & 5 color theorems, etc.

MG list of map coloring puzzles & games

Correspondents:

Gunlock, Howard

Gale, David

Box 40, folder 4

Heawood's Conjecture 1890-1970

Scope and Contents note

"Soluotion of the Heawood Map-Coloring Problem", by Gerhard Ringel and J.N.T. Youngs, 1968 (typescript)

Box 40, folder 5

Spenser-Brown's 4-color "Proof" 1977-1978

Scope and Contents note

Work of G. Spenser-Brown

Some Comments on Alleged Proof by G. Spenser-Brown, by Frank Bernhart

Scott Kim - analysis of the proof

David Singmaster letter about Spenser-Brown lecture on his proof

Correspondents:

Knuth, Donald

Wilson, Robin

Bernhart, Frank

Spenser-Brown, G.

Box 40, folder 6

Appel-Haken 1976 Proof of 4-Color Theorem 1976-1986

Scope and Contents note

Several popular and semi-technical articles and announcements about the proof

Correspondents:

Appel, Ken

Wilson, Robin

Box 40, folder 7

3-Color Map Problem 1992-1993

Scope and Contents note

Photo of Nat Friedman sculpture with trefoil knot hole

"The State of the Three Color Problem", by Richard Steinberg, 1992 (typescript)

Mathematicians (Alphabetical)

Physical Description: 71 folder(s)

Box 37, folder 10

Adelman, Leonard 1994

Scope and Contents note

1 article

Box 37, folder 11

Bankoff, Leon 1992

Box 37, folder 12

Ball, W.R.R. undated

Scope and Contents note

Biography & bibliography, by David Singmasster (typescript)

Box 37, folder 13

Bell, E.T. 1992-1993

Scope and Contents note

Outline, first page, and intro matter of poem "The Scarlet Night"

Correspondents:

Reid, Constance

Box 37, folder 14

Berlekamp 1994

Box 37, folder 15

Bennett, Chas. 1987-1992

Scope and Contents note

Various articles by Bannett, on Maxwell's Demon, Complexity, etc.

Box 37, folder 16

Bernoullis 1992

Scope and Contents note

Article, book revies on Bernoulli brothers

Box 37, folder 17

Bourbaki 1957-1976

Scope and Contents note

Several articles about Bourbaki

Some references (MG)

Box 37, folder 18

Cantor, G. 1988-1995

Scope and Contents note

Several articles on Cantor

Box 37, folder 19

Chung, Fan undated

Scope and Contents note

1 article

Box 37, folder 20

Cipra, Barry 1997

Scope and Contents note

1 short newpaper article

Correspondents:

Cipra, Barry

Box 37, folder 21

Benjamin, Arthur 1998

Scope and Contents note

1 article

Box 37, folder 22

Cartwright, Mary 1999

Scope and Contents note

1 article

Box 37, folder 23

Clifford undated

Scope and Contents note

W.K. Clifford: Life and Philosophy, aobut 52 pjages (typescript), ND, no author

"The Ethics of Belief", by W.K. Clifford, 5pp (photocopy)

Box 37, folder 24

Conway 1970-2001

Scope and Contents note

Many magazine and newspaper articles on Conway

2 long letters from Conway to MG

Correspondents:

Conway, John

Box 38, folder 1

Coxeter 1985-2001

Scope and Contents note

Several articles

Box 38, folder 2

Danzig, George 1994

Scope and Contents note

1 article

Box 38, folder 3

De Bruijn undated

Scope and Contents note

1 photo

Box 38, folder 4

Dewdney, Kee 1986-1987

Scope and Contents note

2 articles

Box 38, folder 5

Diaconis, Persi 1977-1990

Scope and Contents note

Many articles

Box 38, folder 6

Elkies, Noam 1997-1998

Scope and Contents note

2 articles

Box 38, folder 7

Erdos 1969-2000

Scope and Contents note

Many interviews with and articles about Erdos

Reviews of books about Erdos

Discussions of Erdos number

Box 38, folder 8

Euler undated

Scope and Contents note

Excerpt from book "Euler, The Master of us All", and article by Harary

Box 38, folder 9

Fisher, Irving undated

Scope and Contents note

1 article (book review of his biography, by Robert Allen)

Box 38, folder 10

Godel [1 of 3] 1962-2000

Scope and Contents note

References

Rotating Universe & Time Travel

Photocopy of "Godel Meets Einstein", by Palle Yourgrau, Open Court Press, 1999 (252 pages)

Some articles on Godels incompleteness theorem

Box 38, folder 11

Godel [2 of 3] 1954-1996

Scope and Contents note

Articles on Godel's imcompleteness theorem

MG notes on Godel's proof

Some biographical articles

Correspondents:

Chaitin, Greg

Rucker, Rudy

Box 38, folder 12

Godel [3 of 3] 1964-2000

Scope and Contents note

Several articles by Has Wang (a friend of Godel) on Godel

Several biographical articles

Articles about ideas stemming from Godel, and the Foundations of Mathematics

Correspondents:

Ulam, Stanislav

Box 38, folder 13

Goldberg, Michael 1990

Scope and Contents note

Letter from his son, Jefemy, plus short biography

Box 38, folder 14

Golomb 1996-2000

Scope and Contents note

Solomon golomb

USC article on Golomb's appointment ot Viterbi Chair in Communications

Golomb articles on Mathematics 40 years after Sputnik

Correspondents:

Golomb, Beatrice

Box 38, folder 15

Gosper 1995

Scope and Contents note

William Gosper

Letter from MG recommending Gosper for MacArthur Fellowship

Box 38, folder 16

Ron & NFan Graham 1981-1997

Scope and Contents note

Several articles on Ron Graham, one on Fan Chung Graham

Box 38, folder 17

Guy, Berlekamp, Selfridge 1993

Scope and Contents note

2 photos of the 3 of them, plus interview with Guy

Box 38, folder 18

Halmos 1980-1985

Scope and Contents note

"Applied Mathematics is Bad Mathematics", by Paul Halmos (typescript draft)

Interview

Correspondents:

Halmos, Paul

Box 38, folder 19

Harary 1993

Scope and Contents note

Extensive bibliography & Curriculum Vitae of Harary

Correspondents:

Harary, Frank

Box 38, folder 20

Huffman, David 1991

Scope and Contents note

1 profile (SA)

Box 38, folder 21

Kaczynski (Unibomber) undated

Scope and Contents note

List of 10 mathematical papers by Caczynski

Box 38, folder 22

Don Knuth 1960-2001

Scope and Contents note

Interview and many articles

Many Xmas cards

Potrzebie system

Many recreational mathematics references in letters

Correspondents:

Knuth, Donald

Box 39, folder 1

Kraitchik 1957

Scope and Contents note

Obitury (in French)

Correspondents:

Kraitchic, Maurice

Box 39, folder 2

Kruskal, Martin 1993-1994

Scope and Contents note

2 short articles.

Box 39, folder 3

Lehrer, Tom 1997

Scope and Contents note

1 article (Math Horizens) with "That's Mathematics" words and music

Box 39, folder 4

Littlewood 1978-1996

Scope and Contents note

John E. Littlewood

Several articles & reviews (of "Littlewood's Miscellany")

Box 39, folder 5

Liberi's Course in RM (& Others) 1974-1984

Scope and Contents note

Sevearl outlines for a course in recreational mathematics taught by Albert Liberi in New York

Correspondents:

Moore, Charles

Liberi, Albert

Box 39, folder 6

Scott Morris 1987

Scope and Contents note

1 newspaper article

Box 39, folder 7

Leo Moser 1959-1972

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence & notes about a proposed book by Moser and MG on mathematical humor.

Reprints of various Moser problems

Correspondents:

Moser, William

Moser, Leo

Stover, Mel

Box 39, folder 8

John Nash 1994-2001

Scope and Contents note

Several newspaper & magazine articles on Nash, boht his Nobel Prize and teh book about him.

(Also Kaczynski, the Unibomber, & Erdos books)

Box 39, folder 9

Pedoe, Dan 1998

Scope and Contents note

1 article (autobiography from College Mathematics Journal)

Box 39, folder 10

Wade Philpott 1985

Scope and Contents note

2 letters, about his death

Box 39, folder 11

Pickover, Cliff 1991-1999

Scope and Contents note

Much correspondence between MG and Pickover, about his books & blurbs for them.

Several book reviews.

Correspondents:

Pickover, Clifford

Box 39, folder 12

Poincare 1999

Scope and Contents note

2 book reviews ("Poincare and the Three Body Problem")

1 biography, photocopied from "Golden Age of Science"

Box 39, folder 13

Richards, Dana 1986-1989

Scope and Contents note

Curriculum Vita, letter of recommendation (by MG)

Various articles by Richards

Box 39, folder 14

Robinson, Julia & Constance Reid 1992-1996

Scope and Contents note

2 articles

Box 39, folder 15

Rogers, Douglas 1998

Scope and Contents note

2 letters from Rogers to MG, & 1 reply

Correspondents:

Rogers, Douglas

Box 39, folder 16

Rota 1997

Scope and Contents note

1 article

Box 39, folder 17

Rucker, Rudy 1982-1999

Scope and Contents note

Much correspondence

Correspondents:

Rucker, Rudy

Box 39, folder 18

Doris Schattschneider 1990

Scope and Contents note

1 picture & short biography

Box 39, folder 19

Sloane, Neil 1990

Scope and Contents note

2 articles & picture

Box 39, folder 20

Smale 1984-1999

Scope and Contents note

2 articles & book review

Box 39, folder 21

Smullyan, Raymond 1978-1994

Scope and Contents note

1 article (Smithsonian) & a little correspondence

Correspondents:

Smullyan, Raymond

Box 39, folder 22

Steuben, Mike 1984

Scope and Contents note

1 short article (Discover)

Box 39, folder 23

Ian Stewart 1992

Scope and Contents note

Stewart's prefance to one of his books, and MG introduction

Box 39, folder 24

Sylvester 1987-1997

Scope and Contents note

3 articles (technical)

"The Laws of Verse, or Principles of Versification", by J.J.Sylvester, 1870(152 photocopied pages)

Box 39, folder 25

Tarski, Alfred 1991-1999

Scope and Contents note

Photocopy frm "From Dedekind to Godel" on Tarski

2 articles (M. INtellegencer)

Box 39, folder 26

Tukey, John Wilder 2002

Scope and Contents note

1 article (Notices of AMS)

Box 39, folder 27

Ulam 1981-1990

Scope and Contents note

Interview (2-year CMJ)

Long biography by Gian-Carlo Rota (1987)

Couple of articles

Box 39, folder 28

Van der Waerden 1997

Scope and Contents note

1 article, Notices of AMS

Box 39, folder 29

Von Neumann 1964-1998

Scope and Contents note

Many articles

"The Legend of John Von Neumann", by P.R. Halmos, 1973 (reprint)

Photocopy of "Procedings of Symposia in Pure Mathematics, Vol. 50" on The lLegacy of John von Neumann, 1990 (10 articles)

Box 39, folder 30

Wang, Hao 1996

Scope and Contents note

1 article, form "Godel '96"

Box 39, folder 31

Weil, Andre 1998-1999

Scope and Contents note

Obituary

1 short article

Box 39, folder 32

Wiener, Norbert 1995

Scope and Contents note

Several articles

Box 39, folder 33

Wolfram, Stephen undated

Scope and Contents note

Several newspaper articles

Box 39, folder 34

Women 1965-1996

Scope and Contents note

Several articles on women in mathematics in general

Some articles on gender in math

Sophie Germain article (form Sci. Am.)

Ruth Lawrence (short, from Time)

Mazes

Physical Description: 6 folder(s)

Box 22, folder 10

Adrian Fisher Mazes 1986-1999

Scope and Contents note

Many articles by and about Adrian Fisher, including several copies of his "Maze News"

MG introduction for Fisher's book (typescript)

Box 22, folder 11

Maze Solving Techniques 1957-1997

Scope and Contents note

Chemical method (Science News article)

Several articles of mathematical methods (2 in French)

Correspondents:

Lee, C.Y.

Abbott, Robert

Box 22, folder 12

Maze Books 1970-1989

Scope and Contents note

MG report on out-of-print maze books (for Dover)

Many book reviews and newspaper articles

Correspondents:

Brightfield, Rick

Ransom, Tom

Box 22, folder 13

Mazes 1962-2001

Scope and Contents note

Lots of mazes!

MG letter (to Judy-Lynn del Rey) with detailed 3-D maze suggestion

Correspondents:

Friedman (Efjif, Inc)

Eliot, William

Pegg, Ed Jr.

Box 22, folder 14

Outdoor Mazes 1981-1994

Scope and Contents note

Articles, pictures, a little history

Box 22, folder 15

Bob Abbott 1988-1995

Scope and Contents note

Manuscripts & original drawings of some of Abbott's mazes

Correspondents:

Abbott, Robert

Mechanical Puzzles

Physical Description: 23 folder(s)

Box 62, folder 1

Mechanical Puzzles [1 of 3] 1900-1990

Scope and Contents note

Many descriptions of mechanical puzzles, mostly in catalogs, and a few magazine articles

"The Ego Activation Method", by Melvin Weiner, 1980 (reprint), using puzzles as part of psychotheropy

Strand Magazine articele(1900) on "Chinese Puzzles, Tricks, and Traps, by James Scott

Yashimoto Cube, Nos. 1,2,3 (descriptions, 1971)

Polygonzo, 1990 (Howard Jay Fleischer)

Puzzle World #3, by Dale Overy

Puzzletts

Correspondents:

Golomb, Solomon

Overy, Dale

Dalgety, James

Van Delft, Pieter

Coffin, Stewart

Singmaster, David

Box 62, folder 2

Mechanical Puzzles [2 of 3] 1990-1995

Scope and Contents note

More puzzle descriptions, in catalogs and articles

IDI (I.Q. Development Institute, Ewe Meffert, 1990

Interlocking Puzzles

World Puzzle Congress (Zagreb, 1991) announcement & program

Bill Cutler

Magic Cubes 1991, Christoph Bandelow

Gantt's Wood Things

Ishi Press

General Symmetrics, Inc (Doug Engel)

Box 62, folder 3

Mechanical Puzzles [3 of 3] 1994-2002

Scope and Contents note

Tim's Toy Report, Nos. 2,3,4, 2994

Various catalogs

Short articles on: Spinout, Double Dovetail, Japanese Secret Box, Frank Armbrusster, Panex Puzzle, Reversible Nesting Box

"Ruan Liuqi, The Ingenious Puzzle Craftsman of Suzhou", by Wei Zhang & Peter Rasmussen, 1998, 9pp (booklet)

Box 62, folder 4

Stewart Coffin [1 of 2] 1970-1977

Scope and Contents note

Puzzle News: 1979

Catalog sheets & Brochures: 1972, 1971, 1977

Puzzle descriptions: Nova, Seven Woods, Spider Slider, Star, Cuckoo Nest, Locked Nest (with pictureA), Pin Hole

Puzzle Craft: Vol 1, No. 1; No 2; No 3; No 4; No 5; No 6

Box 62, folder 5

Stewart Coffin [2 of 2] 1978-1991

Scope and Contents note

Puzzle Craft (combined reprint) (1978) ; also 1981, parts I, II, and Supplement, 1985

2 fine Woodworking articles (1979, 1984)

Puzzle descriptions: Six-Piece Burr, Burr #305, Cornucopia

Catalog sheets: 1981

"Puzzling World of Polyhedral Dissection", by Stewart Coffin (Rough draft, 1986)

Correspondents:

Coffin, Stewart

Box 62, folder 6

Jerry Slocum 1955-1995

Scope and Contents note

Article from Jeux & Strategie (in Frenceh) (photocopy) - about Jerry Slocum

"Making and Solving Puzzles, by Jerry Slocum, 1955

Article from Science & Mechanics Magazine

Compendium of Mechanical Puzzles From Catalogs, by Jerry Slocum, 1977 (Just the intro anf references)

Several diagrams of various burr puzzles

Correspondents:

Slocum, Jerry

Duffy, Mike

Box 62, folder 7

The LA PUzzle Exhibit 1984-1986

Scope and Contents note

"Puzzles Old and New", at the Craft and Folk Art Museum, 1986-1987

Printout of orientation panels

NEH application for grant

Box 62, folder 8

Rubik's Cube & Other Rubik Items 1986-1995

Scope and Contents note

2 articles on solving (cube and clock)

Some ads for other items

Box 62, folder 9

Pyraminx 1981

Scope and Contents note

MG notes on solutions of various patterns

A 14 page analysis of Pyraminx, nd, possible by Turner-Smith

Disclosure document to patent office, for Impossible Polyhedron, an invention by James Pearce, with photographs. (Seems to be an Impossiball.)

Box 63, folder 1

Pentangle Line 1972-1988

Scope and Contents note

A few Pentangle catalogs & sales sheets

Correspondents:

Dalgety, James

Box 63, folder 2

Orb-It 1981-1982

Scope and Contents note

MG intro to Warnecks book on Orb-It (photocopy)

Correspondents:

Werneck, Tom

Box 63, folder 3

Tom Ransom Project 1977-1978

Scope and Contents note

Correspondance about possible book

Correspondents:

Ransom, Tom

Box 63, folder 4

T.Q. Rowett 1984-1998

Scope and Contents note

Correspondents:

Rowett, Timothy

Box 63, folder 5

Phoney Baloney 1970-1971

Scope and Contents note

Correspondents:

O'Beirne, Thomas

Bernhart, Frank

Box 63, folder 6

NYC Rec. Math Shop (?) 1939-1980

Scope and Contents note

Math-E-Magics - the store where Math is Fun

Box 63, folder 7

Japanese Puzzles 1990-1993

Scope and Contents note

2 Toyo Glass calendars

Puzzletopia No. 11 (from Nob Yoshigahara)

Catalogs from Puzzland, Kikimi, Toyo Glass, Matsuya Ginza, Ishi Press

Some interviews with Nob Yoshigahara

Box 63, folder 8

Joel Langer's Wire Knots 1981-1983

Scope and Contents note

Why Knots

Correspondents:

Langer, Joel

Box 63, folder 9

Sam Cornwall 1994

Scope and Contents note

Photos & stories of his puzzles

Correspondents:

Cornwall, Sam

Box 63, folder 10

Bill Cutler 1994-1995

Scope and Contents note

Some puzzle designs, and some catalogs

Correspondents:

Cutler, William

Box 63, folder 11

Puzzle Cards undated

Scope and Contents note

Photocopies

Box 63, folder 12

Poly-Spheres - Tut's Tomb - Anagog undated

Scope and Contents note

MG notes of Tut's Tomb (Mag-Nif)

Instructions & solutions (photocopy) of Anagog (by Piet Hein)

Box 63, folder 13

Wire Puzzles 1991-1993

Scope and Contents note

"Analysis of ring Puzzles", by Richard Hess, 4"x5", bound, 1993

Perry Horton catlog (with drawings), 1991

Tavern Puzzles

Photocopy of other mwire puzzles (Richard Hess?)

Box 63, folder 14

Loony Loop 1968-1993

Scope and Contents note

Puzzle history, and some photocopies of old catalogs with it

Controversy over who invented it

Correspondents:

Knuth, Donald

Swinford, Paul

James, Stewart

Sutton, C.R.

Armbruster, Frank

Neale, Robert

Conway, John

Dyckman, Howard

Misc. Math

Physical Description: 12 folder(s)

Box 66, folder 10

Math Bibliography for NYR 1987-1990

Scope and Contents note

Various versions of bibliography for mathematics books, as wwell as one for computers and artificial intelligence books

Correspondents:

Schaaf, William

Box 66, folder 11

The "New Math" 1958-1984

Scope and Contents note

Lots of articles about the New Math, for and against

Correspondents:

Page, David

Box 67, folder 1

Strens Collection 1983-1986

Scope and Contents note

(Sallows letters: see Pangram folder, 2/65/7

Correspondents:

Strens, Pascal

Sallows, Lee

Knuth, Donald

Guy, Richard

Box 67, folder 2

Sets, Metamath, Etc. 1958-1968

Scope and Contents note

Several articles about mathematics itself, and how to organize its parts

Set theory

Box 67, folder 3

Foundations (Schools) [1of2] 1961-1989

Scope and Contents note

Many technical papers and articles on foundations of mathematics, particularly constructionist (intuitionism), axiomatics (formalism), logicism, etc.

Box 67, folder 4

Foundations (Schools) [2of2] 1988-1998

Scope and Contents note

More articles

"Randomness in Arithmetic and the Decline and Fall of Reductionism in Pure Mathematics", by G.J. Chaitin, 1992 (lecture transcript)

Box 67, folder 5

Nomograms & Triangle-Square Dissection 1943-1965

Scope and Contents note

Some articles on nomogramphs and nomograms

Dudeneys triangle to square dissection

Box 67, folder 6

Operations Research 1957-1971

Scope and Contents note

Articles, mostly popular

Box 67, folder 7

Baywood Series 1978

Scope and Contents note

Preliminary plans for books based on Journal of Recreational Mathematics

Correspondents:

Schwartz, Benjamin

Box 67, folder 8

Math & Postage Stamps 1963-1982

Scope and Contents note

Some articles, some pictures, some stamps (with mathematical content)

Also a couple of articles on stamp errors

Box 67, folder 9

How to Catch a Lion 1968-1973

Scope and Contents note

2 articles on mathematical methods of big game hunting

Box 67, folder 10

Pure vs. Applied 1997

Scope and Contents note

Typescript of Golomb's talk "Mathematics Forty Years After Sputnik"

Correspondents:

Golomb, Solomon

Misc. Problems

Physical Description: 35 folder(s)

Box 40, folder 8

Words & Letters 1974-1998

Scope and Contents note

Kangaroo Words

Strike-Outs

Much from Word Ways magazine, and from Games Magazine

Lots of small word puzzles and games

Correspondents:

Woods, Donald

Browne, Owens Hand

Swinford, Paul

Box 40, folder 9

Quickies [1 of 2] 1964-1983

Scope and Contents note

Many short problems, from various sources and correspondence.

3 sets of problems, from Hollard T. Croft: "Problems" (Mostly Geometrical )(1964), "Research Problems" (1967), and "Addenda" (1969)

Correspondents:

Lindberg, Gene

Ransom, Tom

Box 40, folder 10

Quickies [2 of 2] 1972-1983

Scope and Contents note