Baguenaudier Chinese Rings Desperado Centipede puzzles solution and tutorial

[Horinius]

Oh, it's also interesting to notice that the French word "baguenaudier" does not give this puzzle when you look it up in a French dictionary, well at least in Larousse (on-line) and Robert. baguenaudier, however, is name of a certain kind of fruit tree in French.

OTOH, the French word "baguenaude" translates to "wandering or stroll".

[TyYann]

@Horinius But better than Larousse or Robert, check the TLFi. Much better reference for French online. Baguenaude, baguenaudier and baguenauder are in it.

[Horinius]

@TyYann

OK, I see. So the word baguenaudier (for this toy) is not really related to "baguenaude" in French but to the word "bague" (means ring in French), as I thought.

[TyYann]

@Horinius It is related to baguenaude. Maybe influenced by bague, as written in the article.

[Horinius]

If we refer to traces (or legend) of this puzzlz's invention, it's rather at the beginning of the 3rd century AD instead of the 2nd.

[dwyllie]

Very good. Did you read the book called "Famous Puzzles of Great Mathematicians" by Miodrag Petkovic?

[TyYann]

@dwyllie No. I'll check it out. Thank you for the reference.