Henry Ernest Dudeney/Modern Puzzles/177 - The Six-Pointed Star/Historical Note
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Historical Note on Modern Puzzles by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $177$ - The Six-Pointed Star
Martin Gardner reported this problem in his Mathematical Games column in Scientific American in the December $1965$ issue.
In correspondence, he received confirmation from E.J. Ulrich and A. Domergue that there are in fact $80$ patterns for this six-pointed star, rather than the $74$ offered by Dudeney.
Sources
- 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Answers: $395$. The Seven-Pointed Star
- 1975: Martin Gardner: Mathematical Carnival: $5$: Magic Stars and Polyhedrons