OskarPuzzle | Hoffman Soma - How about 28 of these blocks in a cube? @OskarPuzzle | Uploaded August 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
More OskarPuzzle at youtube.com/OskarPuzzle?sub_confirmation=1. Print it yourself at https://oskarvandeventer.nl/Print-It-Yourself/. Buy at puzzlemaster.ca/browse/inventors/oskar/16775-hoffman-soma, https://i.materialise.com/en/shop/item/hoffman-soma, or shapeways.com/product/ED5HFSBWK/hoffman-soma. Hoffman Soma is a variation to Haym Hisch' Inelegant Soma puzzle ( see woodwondersonline.com/collections/gallery-1/products/inelegant-soma-1 ). Hoffman Soma is a Soma-Cube puzzle based on the famous Hoffman's packing puzzle from 1978, see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoffman%27s_packing_puzzle. This puzzle has 27 cubes of sizes axbxc. The object of that puzzle is to pack them into a cube with sides a+b+c. In 2004, Donald Knuth showed that actually 28 pieces fit, if you make them 3x4x5. That version, produced by George Miller in 2005, was called Perfect Packing, see ageofpuzzles.com/Masters/DonaldEKnuth/DonaldEKnuth.pdf . The Hoffman Soma takes Hoffman's original packing puzzle, and glues pieces together to make Soma pieces.
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Buy mass-produced Oskar puzzles at puzzlemaster.ca/browse/inventors/oskar (USA, CA) and sloyd.fi/oskar-deventer-c-151_154.html (EU)
Buy exclusive 3D-printed Oskar puzzles at shapeways.com/shops/oskarpuzzles and https://i.materialise.com/shop/designer/oskarpuzzle
More OskarPuzzle at youtube.com/OskarPuzzle?sub_confirmation=1. Print it yourself at https://oskarvandeventer.nl/Print-It-Yourself/. Buy at puzzlemaster.ca/browse/inventors/oskar/16775-hoffman-soma, https://i.materialise.com/en/shop/item/hoffman-soma, or shapeways.com/product/ED5HFSBWK/hoffman-soma. Hoffman Soma is a variation to Haym Hisch' Inelegant Soma puzzle ( see woodwondersonline.com/collections/gallery-1/products/inelegant-soma-1 ). Hoffman Soma is a Soma-Cube puzzle based on the famous Hoffman's packing puzzle from 1978, see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoffman%27s_packing_puzzle. This puzzle has 27 cubes of sizes axbxc. The object of that puzzle is to pack them into a cube with sides a+b+c. In 2004, Donald Knuth showed that actually 28 pieces fit, if you make them 3x4x5. That version, produced by George Miller in 2005, was called Perfect Packing, see ageofpuzzles.com/Masters/DonaldEKnuth/DonaldEKnuth.pdf . The Hoffman Soma takes Hoffman's original packing puzzle, and glues pieces together to make Soma pieces.
Copyright (c) 2022, M. Oskar van Deventer.
Frequently Asked Question: http://oskarvandeventer.nl/FAQ.html
Buy mass-produced Oskar puzzles at puzzlemaster.ca/browse/inventors/oskar (USA, CA) and sloyd.fi/oskar-deventer-c-151_154.html (EU)
Buy exclusive 3D-printed Oskar puzzles at shapeways.com/shops/oskarpuzzles and https://i.materialise.com/shop/designer/oskarpuzzle
