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Puzzles, Art, and Magic with Algorithms

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Solving and designing puzzles, creating sculpture and architecture, and inventing magic tricks all lead to fun and interesting algorithmic problems. This paper describes some of our explorations into these areas.

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  1. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA

    Erik D. Demaine & Martin L. Demaine

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Demaine, E., Demaine, M. Puzzles, Art, and Magic with Algorithms. Theory Comput Syst 39, 473–481 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00224-005-1241-3

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