Port-and-Sweep Solitaire
- Published in 2010
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How does this happen? I just wanted a nice game where I didn’t have to count higher than two, and I ended up dealing with imaginary numbers. But let me back up: I’ve been a little obsessed with a puzzle lately, and I would like to explain what’s puzzling me and how the square root of –1 can sneak in where you least expect it.
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- portandsweepsolitaire
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- article
- date_added
- 2019-10-12
- date_published
- 2010-09-30
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@article{portandsweepsolitaire, key = {portandsweepsolitaire}, type = {article}, title = {Port-and-Sweep Solitaire}, author = {Jacob Siehler}, abstract = {How does this happen? I just wanted a nice game where I didn’t have to count higher than two, and I ended up dealing with imaginary numbers. But let me back up: I’ve been a little obsessed with a puzzle lately, and I would like to explain what’s puzzling me and how the square root of –1 can sneak in where you least expect it. }, comment = {}, date_added = {2019-10-12}, date_published = {2010-09-30}, urls = {http://homepages.gac.edu/{\~{}}jsiehler/Articles/port-and-sweep-article.pdf}, collections = {Easily explained,Games to play with friends,Puzzles}, url = {http://homepages.gac.edu/{\~{}}jsiehler/Articles/port-and-sweep-article.pdf}, year = 2010, urldate = {2019-10-12} }