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- noun One who enjoys creating or solving
puzzles ; a puzzleaficionado .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The first English puzzlist whose name has come down to us was a
Amusements in Mathematics Henry Ernest Dudeney 1893
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Take, for example, three proofs of the theorem from three different eras: one by Liu Hui, a Chinese mathematician from the third century C.E.; one by Leonardo da Vinci; and the third by Henry Dudeney, Britain’s most famous puzzlist, dated 1917.
HERE’S LOOKING AT EUCLID Alex Bellos 2010
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Take, for example, three proofs of the theorem from three different eras: one by Liu Hui, a Chinese mathematician from the third century C.E.; one by Leonardo da Vinci; and the third by Henry Dudeney, Britain’s most famous puzzlist, dated 1917.
HERE’S LOOKING AT EUCLID Alex Bellos 2010
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Take, for example, three proofs of the theorem from three different eras: one by Liu Hui, a Chinese mathematician from the third century C.E.; one by Leonardo da Vinci; and the third by Henry Dudeney, Britain’s most famous puzzlist, dated 1917.
HERE’S LOOKING AT EUCLID Alex Bellos 2010
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