Spot it(R) Solitaire
Abstract
The game of Spot it(R) is based on an order 7 finite projective plane. This article presents a solitaire challenge: extract an order 7 affine plane and arrange those 49 cards into a square such that the symmetries of the affine and projective planes are obvious. The objective is not to simply create such a deck already in this solved position. Rather, it is to solve the inverse problem of arranging the cards of such a deck which has already been created shuffled.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- January 2013
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1301.7058
- Bibcode:
- 2013arXiv1301.7058D
- Keywords:
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- Mathematics - History and Overview;
- 00A08;
- 51E20
- E-Print:
- 5 pages