VIC112Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ahmes, Fibonacci, Liber Abaci
9 Oct 2017
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Characteristics of a puzzle: question, non-obvious answer. Imagination(not algorithmic), once answer is seen, aha! moment is achieved. Some puzzles play with you in order to fool you(ludic), producing the gotcha! effect. 1201: liber abaci(abacus) - repeats the powers of 7 puzzle. Travelled to egypt and discovered the arabic number system, brought it back to. Archetype: powers of 7 puzzle repeated from the ahmes papyrus. 18th c. : archetype repeated in english riddle. Rei cation: when scienti c theories appear in nature.
