While solving the puzzle, the experts found out that a two-piece solution was not possible due to the problem’s constraints. To begin with, the triangle and square must have the same area since ...

Henry Dudeney, a self-taught English mathematician and puzzle columnist, asked his readers to dissect an equilateral triangle into the smallest number of pieces that could be rearranged into a square.

Over 120 years ago, Henry Ernest Dudeney posed the famous dissection problem of transforming a triangle into a square by cutting it into as few pieces as possible. In a new study, researchers have ...

Over 120 years ago, Henry Ernest Dudeney posed the famous dissection problem of transforming a triangle into a square by cutting it into as few pieces as possible. In a new study, researchers have ...