Pygmalion: A Pappus Word Game

Jeremiah Farrell; David Wright

Pygmalion: A Pappus Word Game

Jeremiah Farrell
, David Wright

Butler University

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Abstract

The theorem of Pappus is a result from projective geometry about nine points and nine lines. It can be used as a basis for a word game similar to the game of David Silvermann using the word stockpile ARMY CHAT FISH GIRL HORN KNIT SOUP SWAN VOTE (A. Ross Eckler, "Word Recreations" (Dover Publications, 1979), p. 113).

Original language	American English
Journal	Word Ways
State	Published - Nov 1 1992

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