Zigguphi

Description

Zigguphi is a minor variation to Zigguflat. Bram Cohen suggested to move the exit by one unit. This significantly reduced the number of moves. Zigguflat is a binary puzzle: the number of moves doubles for each puzzle added. Zigguphi is "phinary". Phi is the golden ration, i.e. 1.618033988749... The number of moves increases by a factor phi for each piece added. This puzzle was one of a series of exponential puzzles, where the base is non-integer. The factor phi happened to turn up many times, including this puzzle. Iwahiro and Goetz Schwandtner mathematically confirmed the phinary nature of this puzzle.

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Please order a 3D-printed do-it-yourself puzzle kit from iMaterialise at this page (check with Oskar about screws and stickers), or contact Oskar directly if you are interested in obtaining a fully colored, stickered and assembled sample of this puzzle.