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    The first reference here, [1], is the original paper that Dawson published back in 1939, which is the main inspiration of this web page. One can find a good description of the main ideas, with figures and some justifications, but most details are left to common sense. If you do not like this, there is a more thorough, and therefore much more formal, treatment of the same problem in [2]. The rest are self explanatory.
  1. Dawson, T. R., "Match-Stick" Geometry, Mathematical Gazette 23 (1939), pp. 161-168.
  2. Martin, George E., Geometric Constructions, Springer, New York, 1998.
  3. Martin, George E, Toothpick constructions, Part 1, New York State Mathematics Teachers' Journal 36, pp. 105-111, 1986.
  4. Martin, George E, Toothpick constructions, Part 2, New York State Mathematics Teachers' Journal 36, pp. 173-175, 1986.
  5. Kordemskii, Boris, The Moscow Puzzles -- 369 Mathematical Match-Stick Puzzles, Charles Scibner's Sons, 1972.
  6. Deff, Pieter van and  Jack Botermans, Creative Puzzles of the World, H. N. Abrams Inc. Publishing, 1978.

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