squaring the square

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  • Square numbers shown formed from consecutive triangular numbers
    In number game: Geometric dissections

    …deserves brief mention, the so-called squaring the square, or squared rectangles. Thus, the problem of subdividing a square into smaller squares, no two of which are alike, which was long thought to be unsolvable, has been solved by the means of network theory. In this connection, a squared rectangle is…

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