A Piece of the Pi: mathematics explained

A Piece of the Pi: mathematics explained

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It is easy to cover an m by n rectangle with non-overlapping squares if m and n are both integers: simply use 1 by 1 squares. But when can you do this without using any 1 by 1 squares? This problem i…

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