References about the mathematics of mazes or labyrinths
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I am looking for references on mazes or labyrinths. I prefer books, but research articles are welcome, too. I am looking for the mathematical point of view of mazes, not their history or development.
Any book that has a chapter about mazes is welcome, too (for example, a graph theory book with a chapter about mazes).
So far, I've found Mazes for Programmers, which talks about how to code mazes.
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I am looking for references on mazes or labyrinths. I prefer books, but research articles are welcome, too. I am looking for the mathematical point of view of mazes, not their history or development.
Any book that has a chapter about mazes is welcome, too (for example, a graph theory book with a chapter about mazes).
So far, I've found Mazes for Programmers, which talks about how to code mazes.
graph-theory reference-request recreational-mathematics puzzle
edited Jan 14 at 6:05
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For me its hard to point you a deep reference, because mathematically a labyrinth usually is considered as a plane graph. We may look for paths in this graph: Eulerian, Hamiltonian, a shortest path between two given vertices.Less abstract consideration of labyrinths is in recreational mathematics.
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– Alex Ravsky
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For instance, in Martin Garnder’s “Mathematical puzzles and diversions” is a small chapter devoted to them, but I have only a Russian translation of this book.
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– Alex Ravsky
Jan 14 at 5:58
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The Wolfram Demonstrations Project has a few dozen entries for "maze". I don't know how deep any of them goes into theory (that's not really what the Demonstrations are for), but Demonstrations often include citations that could be helpful. You might also search Ed Pegg's MathPuzzle.com for entries about mazes. I agree that Martin Gardner is also a good source for this kind of thing.
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I am looking for references on mazes or labyrinths. I prefer books, but research articles are welcome, too. I am looking for the mathematical point of view of mazes, not their history or development.
Any book that has a chapter about mazes is welcome, too (for example, a graph theory book with a chapter about mazes).
So far, I've found Mazes for Programmers, which talks about how to code mazes.
graph-theory reference-request recreational-mathematics puzzle
edited Jan 14 at 6:05
Blue
49.1k870156
asked Jan 12 at 16:36
aaaaaaaaaaaa
558
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I am looking for references on mazes or labyrinths. I prefer books, but research articles are welcome, too. I am looking for the mathematical point of view of mazes, not their history or development.
Any book that has a chapter about mazes is welcome, too (for example, a graph theory book with a chapter about mazes).
So far, I've found Mazes for Programmers, which talks about how to code mazes.
graph-theory reference-request recreational-mathematics puzzle
graph-theory reference-request recreational-mathematics puzzle
edited Jan 14 at 6:05
Blue
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asked Jan 12 at 16:36
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558
edited Jan 14 at 6:05
Blue
49.1k870156
asked Jan 12 at 16:36
aaaaaaaaaaaa
558
edited Jan 14 at 6:05
Blue
49.1k870156
edited Jan 14 at 6:05
Blue
49.1k870156
edited Jan 14 at 6:05
Blue
49.1k870156
49.1k870156
asked Jan 12 at 16:36
aaaaaaaaaaaa
558
asked Jan 12 at 16:36
aaaaaaaaaaaa
558
asked Jan 12 at 16:36
aaaaaaaaaaaa
558
558
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For me its hard to point you a deep reference, because mathematically a labyrinth usually is considered as a plane graph. We may look for paths in this graph: Eulerian, Hamiltonian, a shortest path between two given vertices.Less abstract consideration of labyrinths is in recreational mathematics.
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– Alex Ravsky
Jan 14 at 5:57
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For instance, in Martin Garnder’s “Mathematical puzzles and diversions” is a small chapter devoted to them, but I have only a Russian translation of this book.
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– Alex Ravsky
Jan 14 at 5:58
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The Wolfram Demonstrations Project has a few dozen entries for "maze". I don't know how deep any of them goes into theory (that's not really what the Demonstrations are for), but Demonstrations often include citations that could be helpful. You might also search Ed Pegg's MathPuzzle.com for entries about mazes. I agree that Martin Gardner is also a good source for this kind of thing.
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– Blue
Jan 14 at 6:12
add a comment |
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For me its hard to point you a deep reference, because mathematically a labyrinth usually is considered as a plane graph. We may look for paths in this graph: Eulerian, Hamiltonian, a shortest path between two given vertices.Less abstract consideration of labyrinths is in recreational mathematics.
$endgroup$
– Alex Ravsky
Jan 14 at 5:57
$begingroup$
For instance, in Martin Garnder’s “Mathematical puzzles and diversions” is a small chapter devoted to them, but I have only a Russian translation of this book.
$endgroup$
– Alex Ravsky
Jan 14 at 5:58
$begingroup$
The Wolfram Demonstrations Project has a few dozen entries for "maze". I don't know how deep any of them goes into theory (that's not really what the Demonstrations are for), but Demonstrations often include citations that could be helpful. You might also search Ed Pegg's MathPuzzle.com for entries about mazes. I agree that Martin Gardner is also a good source for this kind of thing.
$endgroup$
– Blue
Jan 14 at 6:12
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For me its hard to point you a deep reference, because mathematically a labyrinth usually is considered as a plane graph. We may look for paths in this graph: Eulerian, Hamiltonian, a shortest path between two given vertices.Less abstract consideration of labyrinths is in recreational mathematics.
$endgroup$
– Alex Ravsky
Jan 14 at 5:57
$begingroup$
For me its hard to point you a deep reference, because mathematically a labyrinth usually is considered as a plane graph. We may look for paths in this graph: Eulerian, Hamiltonian, a shortest path between two given vertices.Less abstract consideration of labyrinths is in recreational mathematics.
$endgroup$
– Alex Ravsky
Jan 14 at 5:57
$begingroup$
For instance, in Martin Garnder’s “Mathematical puzzles and diversions” is a small chapter devoted to them, but I have only a Russian translation of this book.
$endgroup$
– Alex Ravsky
Jan 14 at 5:58
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For instance, in Martin Garnder’s “Mathematical puzzles and diversions” is a small chapter devoted to them, but I have only a Russian translation of this book.
$endgroup$
– Alex Ravsky
Jan 14 at 5:58
$begingroup$
The Wolfram Demonstrations Project has a few dozen entries for "maze". I don't know how deep any of them goes into theory (that's not really what the Demonstrations are for), but Demonstrations often include citations that could be helpful. You might also search Ed Pegg's MathPuzzle.com for entries about mazes. I agree that Martin Gardner is also a good source for this kind of thing.
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– Blue
Jan 14 at 6:12
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The Wolfram Demonstrations Project has a few dozen entries for "maze". I don't know how deep any of them goes into theory (that's not really what the Demonstrations are for), but Demonstrations often include citations that could be helpful. You might also search Ed Pegg's MathPuzzle.com for entries about mazes. I agree that Martin Gardner is also a good source for this kind of thing.
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– Blue
Jan 14 at 6:12
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For me its hard to point you a deep reference, because mathematically a labyrinth usually is considered as a plane graph. We may look for paths in this graph: Eulerian, Hamiltonian, a shortest path between two given vertices.Less abstract consideration of labyrinths is in recreational mathematics.
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– Alex Ravsky
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For instance, in Martin Garnder’s “Mathematical puzzles and diversions” is a small chapter devoted to them, but I have only a Russian translation of this book.
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– Alex Ravsky
Jan 14 at 5:58
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The Wolfram Demonstrations Project has a few dozen entries for "maze". I don't know how deep any of them goes into theory (that's not really what the Demonstrations are for), but Demonstrations often include citations that could be helpful. You might also search Ed Pegg's MathPuzzle.com for entries about mazes. I agree that Martin Gardner is also a good source for this kind of thing.
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– Blue
Jan 14 at 6:12