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Squaring the Square

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

W. T. Tutte
W. T. Tutte*
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University of Toronto
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1. Introduction. It is the object of this paper to describe in more detail than has hitherto been done the general methods by which a square may bedissected into smaller unequal non-overlapping squares. Examples of suchdissections are given

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Research Article
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Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 2 , 1950, pp. 197 - 209
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1950

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