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WHAT's NEW ?

| My puzzle for 19 IPP | Aug. 99 - Blocking Polyominoes - PUZZLE FUN Future Edition | RMK complete name reversible by Scott Kim |

At Work a new section Open Problems in Mathematical Recreations | PUZZLE FUN last issue #21 - August 1999 | Stamps related with Puzzles | Results "1998 PRIZE CONTEST 1", New "1999 PRIZE CONTEST 2" | News in the PUZZLE FUN subscribers page | All PUZZLE FUN covers now enclosed |

last revision: PUZZLE FUN by Rodolfo Marcelo Kurchan

Rodolfo Marcelo Kurchan / Lavalle 3340 21"3" / (1190) Buenos Aires - Argentina
eMail: rodolfo@kurchan.com.ar
http://www.bigfoot.com/~velucchi/pfun/pfun.html

What is PUZZLE FUN?

Number	Date	Topic	Problems	Pages
1	October 1994	Inflated Pentominoes	1 to 89	8
2	December 1994	Bridge Pentominoes	90 to 130	12
3	February 1995	Family of Pentominoes	131 to155	15
4	April 1995	Pentominoes Farms	156 to 195	14
5	June 1995	Ramps Pentominoes	196 to 260	24
6	August 1995	Holes Pentominoes	261 to 375	31
7	October 1995	Superposing Pentominoes	376 to 393	23
8	December 1995	Pentominoes Rings	394 to 402	18
9	February 1996	Square Formations ...	403 to 428	22
10	April 1996	Flip-Flop a new family...	429 to 432	22
11	June 1996	Covering regions with...	433 to 442	21
12	August 1996	Building Pentominoes	443 to 495	28
13	October 1996	Letter Polyominoes	496 to 513	14
14	December 1996	Cutting the square and ...	514 to 517	21
15	February 1997	Rookminoes and knightminoes	518 to 534	15
16	May 1997	Packaging	535 to 556	6
17	September 1997	Stamps Pentominoes	557 to 566	8
18	December 1997	Squares	567 to 585	18
19	June 1998	Tyling with pairs of ...	586 to 594	20
20	December 1998	Polyominoes with Holes	595 to 606.	10
21	August 1999	Dissections	607 to 615	14
22	to appear!	...	616 to ...	...

$100 PRIZE CONTEST - 1998
from PUZZLE FUN number 19, JUNE 1998, p.20

PRIZE CONTEST 2 - 1999
from PUZZLE FUN number 21, AUGUST 1999, p.21

What is PUZZLE FUN?

PUZZLE FUN is a bulletin edit by Rodolfo Kurchan (Buenos Aires - Argentina) about polyominoes and other puzzles. In each number you have a different topic.
PUZZLE FUN is issued from 2 to 4 times a year.
PUZZLE FUN started in October 1994 with "Inflated Pentominoes". Last number is #. For sample in the issue 19: "Tiling with pairs of polyominoes" with 20 pages full color you have with other things, the great solutions by Michael Reid of rectifications with pairs of pentominoes and hexominoes for non-rectifiable cases.
PUZZLE FUN is for specialist. Nowadays it goes to 4 different continents in the World. The subscribers are people like Jerry Slocum and Edward Hordern (one of the biggest puzzle collectors in the world), Serhiy Grabarchuk (one of the best mechanical puzzle inventor), Mike Reid (one of the best polyomino solver), people that was director of magazines like Michael Criton (Jouer Jeux Mathematics), Will Shortz (GAMES), Jaime Poniachik (JUEGOS), Michael Keller (World Game Review), Toshi Kato (nobnet moderator), Pablo Coll (snark moderator), and famous people like Donald Knuth, David Singmaster or Pieter Torbijn.
Mario Velucchi (Pisa - Italy) is the PUZZLE FUN Web Master.

Rodolfo Kurchan - PUZZLE FUN Editor
a short biography is available
Mario Velucchi - PUZZLE FUN Web Master
Computer Mathematician, Math & Chess Columnist

Contact the editor for more information:

Rodolfo Marcelo Kurchan / Lavalle 3340 21"3" / (1190) Buenos Aires - Argentina
eMail: rodolfo@kurchan.com.ar
http://www.bigfoot.com/~velucchi/pfun/pfun.html

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