Sam Loyd's Missing Square/Historical Note

Historical Note on Sam Loyd's Missing Square

While Sam Loyd's Missing Square puzzle has Sam Loyd's name attached to it, it appears to have been first published in $1774$ in Rational Recreations by William Hooper, about whom little seems to be known.


Sources

  • 1992: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Puzzles ... (previous) ... (next): The Vanishing Square Paradox: $143$
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