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MathPuzzle.com's homepage links out to a small set of external math resources: Mathematica, MathWorld, Wolfram|Alpha, and Wikipedia Math, listed together in the site's link block. It also points to book recommendations and a Puzzler's Picks section, plus a Prize Page and a Programs page. These links sit alongside the site's own puzzle archive, which runs from 2000 through 2026 with multi-year hiatuses noted for 2014–2019 and 2020–2026.
The external resource links
The homepage groups these four destinations together:
| Link | What it is |
|---|---|
| Mathematica | Wolfram's technical computing system |
| MathWorld | Wolfram's online math encyclopedia |
| Wolfram|Alpha | Wolfram's computational answer engine |
| Wikipedia Math | Wikipedia's mathematics portal |
Three of the four are Wolfram properties, so the external link set is narrower than it first appears — it's essentially a Wolfram cluster plus Wikipedia. If you want a computational tool, an encyclopedia entry, or a quick calculation, these cover those three needs.
Book recommendations and Puzzler's Picks
Beyond the four links above, the site maintains:
- Book Recommendations — a page of suggested reading
- Puzzler's Picks — a curated selection page
- Buy books — a purchase entry point on the homepage
The homepage also shows a PayPal option with a $10 figure and a separate $20 Hoffman-Singleton item, so some pages involve payment. Nothing in the available material states that the linked resources or the site's own content are free, so treat pricing as unconfirmed rather than assumed.
How the links relate to the puzzle content
The external links serve as reference and tooling for the site's own material rather than as a general directory. The puzzle archive covers topics like the Social Golfer Problem, Kobon Triangles, Fair Dice, Polyominoes, Sliding-block Puzzles, Egyptian Fractions, and Prime-generating Polynomials — subjects where you'd plausibly want an encyclopedia entry (MathWorld, Wikipedia), a computation (Mathematica, Wolfram|Alpha), or a book to go deeper.
A practical way to use the pairing: read a puzzle page for the problem and its history, then follow MathWorld or Wikipedia for formal definitions, and use Wolfram|Alpha or Mathematica when you want to test a conjecture or generate examples yourself.
Other on-site sections worth knowing
The homepage also links to Math Games, Math Software, Programs, Awards, Guestbook, and Archived Pages organized by year. The archive listing runs 2000–2013 in detail, then notes the 2014–2019 and 2020–2026 hiatuses, with a "Material added 1 Jan 2026" note and an NPR reference. If you're looking for older puzzles, the year-by-year archive is the entry point; if you want tools and background, the external links are.