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A Mathematician's Aesthetics
In his classic A Mathematician's Apology, G. H. Hardy likened mathematics to poetry and painting. This site elaborates on Hardy's remark with quotations from Stevens, Klee, Fry, and Focillon. Links to related sites are given.
http://m759.freeservers.com/PHaesthetics.html
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A Disproof of Pythagoras' Theorem?
A method of disproving the Theorem of Pythagoras is presented. The author is adamant that this is intended only as a puzzle to find the mistake in the arguments, and not as a serious proposal.
http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/System/8956/problems/pyth.htm
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Back to Square One
Includes description, solutions and other resources on this cube-like puzzle.
http://www.geocities.com/jaapsch/puzzles/square1.htm
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Critical Math
Articles and images on recreational math from fractals and magic squares to mathemorchids and Galois.
http://web.onetel.com/~amygdala/articles/scimaths/
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Cryptarithms Online
70 brain-teasers; a Primer on Cryptarithmetic; books and links to alphametics on the Web.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/2160/
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CuriousMath
Include news, math tricks, methods, facts, trivia, mostly posted by users.
http://www.curiousmath.com/
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David Singmaster: List of Available Material
Teaching and recreational items in this personal collection.
http://anduin.eldar.org/~problemi/singmast/material.html
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Eureka
The annual journal of the Archimedeans, the mathematical society of the University of Cambridge. It regularly contains articles on recreational mathematics.
http://www.archim.org.uk/eureka/
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Fair Dice
Contains a complete list of all possible Fair Dice, most of which are not cubes. Includes pictures.
http://www.mathpuzzle.com/Fairdice.htm
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