Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney
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| . | | . | . | . | . | | . | | ............. ....... . ....... | | | | | | | . | . | | +-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+--.--+--.--+-- --+ | | | | | | . | . | | | ............. ....... . ....... | | . | | . | . | . | . | | . | +--.--+-- --+--.--+--.--+--.--+--.--+-- --+--.--+ | . | | . | . | . | . | | . | | ....... ....... ....... ....... | | | . | | | | | . | | +-- --+--.--+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+--.--+-- --+ | | . | | | | | . | | | ....... ....... ....... ....... | | . | | . | . | . | . | | . | +--.--+-- --+--.--+--.--+--.--+--.--+-- --+--.--+ | . | | . | . | . | . | | . | | ............. . P ............. | | | | | | | | | | +-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+-- --+ ] A French prisoner, for his sins (or other people's), was confined in an underground dungeon containing sixty-four cells, all communicating with open doorways, as shown in our illustration. In order to reduce the tedium of his restricted life, he set himself various puzzles, and this is one of them. Starting from the cell in which he is shown, how could he visit every cell once, and only once, and make as many turnings as |
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