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Maze

A maze is a drawing of impenetrable line segments (or curves) with ``paths'' between them. The goal of the maze is to start at one given point and find a path which reaches a second given point.


References

Mazes

Gardner, M. ``Mazes.'' Ch. 10 in The Second Scientific American Book of Mathematical Puzzles & Diversions: A New Selection. New York: Simon and Schuster, pp. 112-118, 1961.

Jablan, S. ``Roman Mazes.'' http://members.tripod.com/~modularity/mazes.htm.

Matthews, W. H. Mazes and Labyrinths: Their History and Development. New York: Dover, 1970.

Pappas, T. ``Mazes.'' The Joy of Mathematics. San Carlos, CA: Wide World Publ./Tetra, pp. 192-194, 1989.

Phillips, A. ``The Topology of Roman Mazes.'' Leonardo 25, 321-329, 1992.

Shepard, W. Mazes and Labyrinths: A Book of Puzzles. New York: Dover, 1961.




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-26