Electronic Resource
Springer
Designs, codes and cryptography
16 (1999), S. 243-247
ISSN:
1573-7586
Keywords:
incidence structures
;
projective geometry
;
M 13
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Computer Science
,
Mathematics
Notes:
Abstract A puzzle called “M 13” J. H. Conway has described recently is explained. We report an implementation of the puzzle in the programming language Java. The program allows the human user to “play M 13” interactively (and to cheat by solving it automatically). The program is an example on how to bring to life a nice piece of discrete mathematics. In this sense it presents not only a didactical way of seeing “mathematics at work”, but also displays the stabilizer chain method developed by C. Sims to solve group theoretic puzzles, the most famous of which being Rubik's cube.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1008331827156
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