| When analyzing a puzzle to see if it comes apart, one has to keep track
of all the different 'states' to which the pieces can be shifted. While
running the computer analysis of all 6-piece burrs, I kept track of the
largest number of states that a 6-piece burr could have without coming apart.
That number is 139. I took the simplest of these designs and told Jerry
McFarland to make it. He came up with a great way to construct it.
This was my souvenir puzzle at the 10th International Puzzle Party. |
