A Piece of the Pi: mathematics explained

A Piece of the Pi: mathematics explained

Turning a triangle into a square

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Richard Green
Jan 11, 2025
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In 1902, Henry Dudeney showed that it is possible to cut an equilateral triangle into four polygonal pieces, and then to rotate and translate those pieces into the shape of a square of the same area. It was already known that if two polygons have the same area, like the ones in the picture below, then it is always possible to cut the first polygon into …

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