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Cutting squares from rectangles

Derek G. Ball

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Abstract

The reader will be familiar with the golden rectangle, i.e. that rectangle which leaves another rectangle of the same shape when the largest possible square is cut from it (Fig. 1). In this article the effect of successively cutting squares from rectangles of other shapes will be investigated.

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The reader will be familiar with the golden rectangle, i.e. that rectangle which leaves another rectangle of the same shape when the largest possible square is cut from it (Fig. 1). In this article the effect of successively cutting squares from rectangles of other shapes will be investigated.

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The reader will be familiar with the golden rectangle, i.e. that rectangle which leaves another rectangle of the same shape when the largest possible square is cut from it (Fig. 1). In this article the effect of successively cutting squares from rectangles of other shapes will be investigated.

Key concepts: Rectangle, Square (algebra), Mathematics, Combinatorics, Geometry

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