| Dissecting & tessellating
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G.A. Sarcone & M.J. Waeber |
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"Résoudre
la Quadrature du Cercle avec une équerre c'est facile.
Mais d'abord, il s'agit de trouver un cercle avec une équerre..."
G.A.
S.
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Squared "discs"
Lenticular
cuttings allow to transform a disc or any circular figure into a dissectionable
geometric shape. Sure, there are many ways to transform a circular
shape into a regular polygon, but in each case you have to remove a
lenticular section first (see fig. 1 and 2 shown below).
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Equal
areas
The 3 dark-grey surfaces opposite are all of the same
area. Can you prove it? |
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to continue (page 2)
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