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This Demonstration shows Tilson's dissection of a square to a pentagram.

Contributed by: Izidor Hafner

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[1] G. N. Frederickson, Dissections: Plane & Fancy, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002 p. 127.

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"Tilson's Square-to-Pentagram Dissection" from the Wolfram Demonstrations Project
http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/TilsonsSquareToPentagramDissection/

Contributed by: Izidor Hafner

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