BOOKS ON CRYPTARITHMETIC
by Maxey Brooke
Dover Publications, Inc., 1963, 72 pp.
A classic in the annals of cryptarithmetic literature, this is the first
book devoted exclusively to cryptarithms.
It offers a collection of 156 problems with great variety both in type and level, ranging from the relatively simple to the highly complex.
Solutions for all puzzles appear in the answer section, the harder ones detailed.
SECOND ADDITION
by Steven Kahan
Baywood Publishing Co., Inc., 1994, 123 pp., ISBN 0-89503-171-X.
The second Kahan's book entirely devoted to alphametics. Prefacing this book, Martin Gardner says: "(it) is a superb collection sure to delight every alphametic buff".
This work includes 42 puzzles, directed approaches and solutions to each one, interspersed with curious facts about numbers.
by J. A. H. Hunter
Dover Publications, Inc., 1980, 101 pp., ISBN 0-486-23852-0.
Commander Hunter, the foremost math puzzle producer, brings us 100 story teasers, with solutions, and 40 alphametics, with answers (two sample solutions).
by Randall K. Nichols (LANAKI)
Aegean Park Press, 1996-1997, 301 and 450 pp., ISBN 0-89412-263-0 and 0-89412-264-9 respectively.
Some useful introductory lessons on cryptarithms, by LEDGE (Dr. Gerhard D. Linz), can be found in volume I, chapter 8, and volume II, chapters 14 and 18.
A wide range of topics are studied, such as numerical bases, multiplicative structures, square cube and fourth roots, double key division, tables, practice problems and an extensive list of references.
TEASERS AND HOW TO SOLVE THEM
by J. A. H. Hunter
Dover Publications, Inc., 1983, 128 pp., ISBN 0-486-24500-4.
Math, not for math's sake, but for recreation: here is a collection of 160 story teasers, with solutions, plus 40 alphametics, with answers. Many hours of mathematically mind-stretching entertainment.
THE COMPLEAT ALPHAMETICS BOOK
by Steven Kahan
Baywood Publishing Co., Inc., 1978, 114 pp., ISBN 0-89503-007-1.
Sharpen your pencil and your wits and enjoy this stimulating book entirely devoted to alphametics.
The author is Steven Kahan, the editor of the alphametics section of The Journal of Recreational Mathematics and math professor at Queens College, N.Y.
The book includes 51 alphametics (20 doubly-true type), hints for solving cryptarithms, comic drawings and "flabbergasting facts" about numbers that make it very attractive to the reader.
by Joseph S. Madachy
Dover Publications, Inc., 1979, 256 pp., ISBN 0-486-23762-1.
Mr. Madachy, the editor of The Journal of Recreational Mathematics, features this collection of mathematical amusements: geometric dissections, chessboard placement problems, fun with paper, magic and antimagic squares, 26 puzzles and problems, number recreations, 37 alphametics and conglomerate.
by J. A. H. Hunter
Dover Publications Inc., 1976, 111 pp., ISBN 0-486-23347-2.
This is an enjoyable assortment of brain-teasers devised by one of the greatest contemporary inventors of mathematical puzzles: 110 story puzzles, with solutions plus 40 alphametics, with answers.
by Steven Kahan
Baywood Publishing Co., Inc., 1996, 121 pp., ISBN 0-89503-142-6.
Subtitled "The third collection of additive alphametics for the connoisseur", this work features 41 puzzles as well as directed approaches and solutions to all them.
The major difference between this and the two earlier Kahan's books is the prevalence of "wider" problems, wherein the sums span nine or more columns.
By interspersing short paragraphs with fascinating facts about numbers
the author made the book even more attractive to the reader.
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