Editing Wolf, goat and cabbage problem (section)

{{Short description|River crossing puzzle}}
[[File:Illuminated illustration of the wolf, goat and cabbage problem in the Ormesby Psalter.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Illuminated illustration depicting the wolf, goat and cabbage problem in the ''Ormesby Psalter'', dating to 1250–1330]]
The '''wolf, goat, and cabbage problem''' is a [[river crossing puzzle]].  It dates back to at least the 9th century,<ref name="pressman">{{cite journal|last=Pressman|first=Ian|author2=David Singmaster|date=June 1989|title="The Jealous Husbands" and "The Missionaries and Cannibals"|journal=The Mathematical Gazette|publisher=The Mathematical Association|volume=73|issue=464|pages=73–81|doi=10.2307/3619658|jstor=3619658|s2cid=116924808 }}<!--|accessdate=2009-06-08--></ref> and has entered the [[folklore]] of several cultures.<ref name="ascher">{{cite journal|last=Ascher|first=Marcia|authorlink= Marcia Ascher |date=February 1990|title=A River-Crossing Problem in Cross-Cultural Perspective|journal=Mathematics Magazine|publisher=Mathematical Association of America|volume=63|issue=1|pages=26–29|doi=10.2307/2691506|jstor=2691506}}<!--|accessdate=2009-06-08--></ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Gurdjieff|first1=G. I.|title=Meetings with Remarkable Men|date=1963|publisher=Routledge & Kegan Paul|location=London|pages=4–5|edition=1st English|ref=10}}</ref>