Currently, I've begun to study puzzles and wonder if some book exists or something which breaks down all puzzles to types and describes them.
I'm not a native English speaker, so I might be confused with term "puzzle".
Maybe it's more properly to say not "classification of puzzles", but "classification of logic puzzles".
If there isn't, can you please suggest the most notable (in your opinion) book on (logic) puzzle theory.
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3$\begingroup$ maybe this should be in meta? $\endgroup$– Sam HarringtonCommented Feb 17, 2017 at 19:32
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1$\begingroup$ Interesting question. I would think that very well made puzzles may be too original to categorize, a puzzle that revolves around its own concepts, its own flavor of logical reasoning, like the pirates and gold coins puzzle. For the most part, lots of logic puzzles CAN be categorized easily, ex. Puzzles where a group follows a plan to achieve something, like the two levers puzzle, the chessboard and coins, or the flippin circular prison of unknown size (which I still can't understand the solution to ._.). $\endgroup$– greenturtle3141Commented Feb 17, 2017 at 19:38
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4$\begingroup$ Just look at our tags! $\endgroup$– boboquackCommented Feb 17, 2017 at 21:32
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1$\begingroup$ maybe u mean something like math.ucla.edu/~tom/Game_Theory/Contents.html but it's a lot. $\endgroup$– Jan IvanCommented Feb 20, 2017 at 14:07
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$\begingroup$ @Jan Ivan not sure about it yet, but looks promising. Will think about it. Thank you. $\endgroup$– zatvornikCommented Feb 20, 2017 at 14:26
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I cannot think of any books however, wikipedia has a quite detailed list here.
The website contains a list of links to different puzzle 'genres', and the pages linked to also contain more lists. This is a very broad topic, and some of the puzzles linked to will absolutely use logic. I think what you are looking for is here, it contains information on logic puzzles specifically.
I have copied the page so everything is on-site:
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1$\begingroup$ And what makes this classification better than other possibilities? The classification system of Wikipedia articles isn't exactly known for its perfection $\endgroup$ Commented Feb 18, 2017 at 19:46
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1$\begingroup$ @randal'thor this is the only list I know of, so I have shared it. It's not necessarily the best, and it's certainly not perfection, but I think it's pretty good. $\endgroup$– MelkorCommented Feb 18, 2017 at 21:33
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$\begingroup$ Adding to Rand's comment, Rubik's Cube is listed twice $\endgroup$ Commented Feb 19, 2017 at 2:51
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1$\begingroup$ I don't see a problem with listing any one puzzle twice as an example if it falls under two different categories. $\endgroup$– user33097Commented Feb 19, 2017 at 4:45
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