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Hinged and Translational Dissection of Two Squares to One


	The Demonstration gives hinged and translational dissection of two squares to one. Each dissection gives a physical realization of a proof of the Pythagorean theorem: .


	Contributed by: Izidor Hafner Based on work by: Greg N. Frederickson
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G. N. Frederickson, Dissections: Plane & Fancy, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997, 2002 pp. 4, 25, 28–31.

Pythagorean Theorem (Wolfram MathWorld)

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Contributed by: Izidor Hafner

Based on work by: Greg N. Frederickson

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