Conway puzzle

packing problem about packing thirteen 1×2×4 blocks, one 2×2×2 block, one 1×2×2 block and three 1×1×3 blocks into a 5×5×5 box
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Conway puzzle

Summary

Conway puzzle is a packing problem[1]. It draws 27 Wikipedia views per month (packing_problem category, ranking #2 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Conway puzzle is credited with the discovery of John Horton Conway[3].
  • Conway puzzle's image is recorded as Conway puzzle pieces.svg[4].
  • Conway puzzle's image is recorded as Conway puzzle hint.svg[5].
  • Conway puzzle's instance of is recorded as packing problem[6].
  • John Horton Conway is named after Conway puzzle[7].
  • Conway puzzle's Commons category is recorded as Conway puzzle[8].
  • Conway puzzle's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0f2f93[9].
  • Conway puzzle's MathWorld ID is recorded as ConwayPuzzle[10].
  • Conway puzzle's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[11].
  • Conway puzzle's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 85946066[12].

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Works and Contributions

Conway puzzle is credited with the discovery of John Horton Conway[3].

Why It Matters

Conway puzzle draws 27 Wikipedia views per month (packing_problem category, ranking #2 of 3).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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