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Cutting squares from rectangles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2016

Derek G. Ball
Derek G. Ball*
Affiliation:
College of S. Mark and S. John, Derriford Road, Plymouth PL6 8BH
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Extract

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.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 58 , Issue 404 , June 1974 , pp. 74 - 77
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1974

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