The Journal of Recreational Mathematics was an American journal dedicated to recreational mathematics, started in 1968.[1] It had generally been published quarterly by the Baywood Publishing Company, until it ceased publication with the last issue (volume 38, number 2) published in 2014. The initial publisher (of volumes 1–5) was Greenwood Periodicals.
Harry L. Nelson was primary editor for five years[2] (volumes 9 through 13, excepting volume 13, number 4, when the initial editor returned as lead) and Joseph Madachy, the initial lead editor and editor of a predecessor called Recreational Mathematics Magazine which ran during the years 1961 to 1964,[1] was the editor for many years. Charles Ashbacher and Colin Singleton took over as editors when Madachy retired (volume 30 number 1). The final editors were Ashbacher and Lamarr Widmer. The journal has from its inception also listed associate editors, one of whom was Leo Moser.
The journal contains:
Original articles
Book reviews
Alphametics And Solutions To Alphametics
Problems And Conjectures
Solutions To Problems And Conjectures
Proposer's And Solver's List For Problems And Conjectures
Indexing
The journal is indexed in:
Academic Search Premier
Book Review Index
International Bibliography of Periodical Literature
International Bibliography of Book Reviews
Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature
The Gale Group
References
Trigg, Charles W. (1978). "What Is Recreational Mathematics?". Mathematics Magazine. 51 (1): 18–21. doi:10.2307/2689642. ISSN 0025-570X.
"Mathematics Archives - Harry L. Nelson". University of Calgary. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics
Graduate Studies in Mathematics
Hellenica World - Scientific Library
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