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The Chinese Ring puzzle, the Crazy Elephant Dance puzzle, the b-Spinout puzzle, and Gray codes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2019

Curtis Cooper
Curtis Cooper*
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School of CS & Math., University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO 64093USA e-mail: cooper@ucmo.edu
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The Chinese Ring puzzle consists of a long loop with a handle on one end and nine rings entwined on the loop (see Figure 1).

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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 103 , Issue 558 , November 2019 , pp. 431 - 441
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© Mathematical Association 2019 

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