Dudeney’s original solution to the dissection problem (IMAGE)

Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Dudeney’s original solution to the dissection problem

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Dudeney’s original solution for transforming an equilateral triangle into a perfect square through dissection involves only four pieces, a solution that has now been proved to be the optimal solution.

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Erik D. Demaine from MIT, Tonan Kamata and Ryuhei Uehara from JAIST.

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