Bill Cutler

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William H. (Bill) Cutler is an American mathematician and systems analist, living in Illinois USA.

His main interest and area of research is in burr puzzles and packing (box-filling) puzzles. He published articles in the Journal of Recreational Mathematics on the Six-Piece Burr and published two booklets, Holey 6-Piece Burr! and A Computer Analysis of All 6-Piece Burrs.

Cutler has designed a wide variety of burrs in addition to his well-known (within the world of metagrobologists) work on the Six-Piece Burr.

[edit] Works include

  • 1978, The Six-Piece Burr, Journal of Recreational Mathematics, Vol 10(4),
  • 1977-78, pp 241-250 pb, Amityville, NY: Baywood Publishing Co.
  • 1988, Holey 6-Piece Burr!, 46pp, pb, Palatine, IL: Self Published
  • 1994, A Computer Analysis of All 6-Piece Burrs, 80pp, pb, Palatine, IL: Self Published