120-Year-Old Math Mystery Finally Solved – Dudeney’s Dissection Proven Optimal!

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Abstract Triangle GraphResearchers have demonstrated, using a novel approach, that the original solution to Dudeney’s famous dissection problem is indeed the optimal one. In 1907, English author and mathematician Henry Ernest Dudeney posed a fascinating puzzle: Can an equilateral triangle be cut into the fewest possible pieces that can be rearranged to form a perfect square? Just [...]
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