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Hinged Dissection of Equilateral Triangles
This Demonstration gives hinged dissections of various sets of equilateral triangles due to Bradley (
), Collison (
), and Frederickson (
). The side lengths are proportional to the square roots of the areas.
Contributed by:
Izidor Hafner
Based on work by:
Greg N. Frederickson
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G. N. Frederickson,
Hinged Dissections: Swinging & Twisting
, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002 pp. 72-74.
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)
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Hinged Dissection of Equilateral Triangles
" from
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http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/HingedDissectionOfEquilateralTriangles/
Contributed by:
Izidor Hafner
Based on work by:
Greg N. Frederickson
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1.G.A.2
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5.G.B.4
8.G.A.1
8.G.A.3
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