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Two Hinged Dissections of a Gnomon to a Square
This Demonstration shows Hanegraaf's and Kelland's hinged dissections of a gnomon to a square.
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. 27, 101.
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Dissection
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MathWorld
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Gnomon
(
Wolfram
MathWorld
)
Kelland's Gnomon-to-Square Dissection
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Wolfram Demonstrations Project
)
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Two Hinged Dissections of a Gnomon to a Square
" from
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http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/TwoHingedDissectionsOfAGnomonToASquare/
Contributed by:
Izidor Hafner
Based on work by:
Greg N. Frederickson
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