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  2. Dividing a square into similar rectangles - Wikipedia

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    However, there are three distinct ways of partitioning a square into three similar rectangles: [1] [2] The trivial solution given by three congruent rectangles with aspect ratio 3:1. The solution in which two of the three rectangles are congruent and the third one has twice the side length of the other two, where the rectangles have aspect ...

  3. Dissection puzzle - Wikipedia

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    Some types of dissection puzzle are intended to create a large number of different geometric shapes. The tangram is a popular dissection puzzle of this type. The seven pieces can be configured into one of a few home shapes, such as the large square and rectangle that the pieces are often stored in, to any number of smaller squares, triangles, parallelograms, or esoteric shapes and figures.

  4. Pattern Blocks - Wikipedia

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    Pattern blocks sets are multiple copies of just six shapes: Equilateral triangle (Green) 60° rhombus (2 triangles) (Blue) that can be matched with two of the green triangles; 30° Narrow rhombus (Beige) with the same side-length as the green triangle; Trapezoid (half hexagon or 3 triangles) (Red) that can be matched with three of the green ...

  5. Square packing - Wikipedia

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    Square packing in a square is the problem of determining the maximum number of unit squares (squares of side length one) that can be packed inside a larger square of side length . If a {\displaystyle a} is an integer , the answer is a 2 , {\displaystyle a^{2},} but the precise – or even asymptotic – amount of unfilled space for an arbitrary ...

  6. Knapping - Wikipedia

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    There are many different methods of shaping stone into useful tools. Early knappers could have used simple hammers made of wood or antler to shape stone tools. The factors that contribute to the knapping results are varied, but the EPA (exterior platform angle) indeed influences many attributes, such as length, thickness and termination of ...

  7. Fractal landscape - Wikipedia

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    A way to make such a landscape is to employ the random midpoint displacement algorithm, in which a square is subdivided into four smaller equal squares and the center point is vertically offset by some random amount.

  8. Chaos game - Wikipedia

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    When the length of the jump towards a vertex or another point is not 1/2, the chaos game generates other fractals, some of them very well-known. For example, when the jump is 2/3 and the point can also jump towards the center of the square, the chaos game generates the Vicsek fractal: A Vicsek fractal generated by the chaos game

  9. Mathematics of paper folding - Wikipedia

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    In 1999, a theorem due to Haga provided constructions used to divide the side of a square into rational fractions. [19] [20] In late 2001 and early 2002, Britney Gallivan proved the minimum length of paper necessary to fold it in half a certain number of times and folded a 4,000-foot-long (1,200 m) piece of toilet paper twelve times. [21] [22]