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Slider puzzle

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I had a play with a site called fyrebug.com and made a slider puzzle using the Travels in a Mathematical World podcast image. I mention the slider puzzle in the 14-15 puzzle form in my puzzles talk and you can read about the history of it at Archimedes’ Lab. You can play the Travels in a Mathematical World version here:

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  1. Avatar cp

    I can only ever solve these things when children challenge me to. Must be one of those things where pressure helps focus your mind.

    Sam’s been trying to solve the Rubik’s cube ever since your talk up here, by the way. He almost had it a couple of days ago but messed up about nine moves away from the solution.

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