# On an error in the star puzzle by Henry E. Dudeney

• Published in 2012
In the collection
We found a solution of the star puzzle (a path on a chessboard from c5 to d4 in 14 straight strokes) in 14 queen moves, which has been claimed by the author as impossible.

## Other information

key
Ravsky2012
type
article
2012-05-22
date_published
2012-05-01
arxivId
1205.0747
journal
Star
pages
2

### BibTeX entry

@article{Ravsky2012,
key = {Ravsky2012},
type = {article},
title = {On an error in the star puzzle by Henry E. Dudeney},
author = {Ravsky, Alex},
abstract = {We found a solution of the star puzzle (a path on a chessboard from c5 to d4 in 14 straight strokes) in 14 queen moves, which has been claimed by the author as impossible.},
comment = {},
date_published = {2012-05-01},
urls = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1205.0747,http://arxiv.org/pdf/1205.0747v2},
collections = {Puzzles},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
arxivId = {1205.0747},
eprint = {1205.0747},
journal = {Star},
month = {may},
pages = 2,
url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1205.0747 http://arxiv.org/pdf/1205.0747v2},
year = 2012,
primaryClass = {math.HO},
urldate = {2012-05-22}
}