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Figure 11: Construction for the dissection of parallelograms (see text).

Figure 13: Constructions for the equivalence by dissection of (left) squares and (right) parallelograms (see text).

Greek cross converted by dissection into a square

Squared rectangle

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In number game: Geometric dissections
Geometric dissection problems involve the cutting of geometric figures into pieces that can be arranged to form other geometric figures; for example, cutting a rectangle into parts that can be put together in the form of a square and vice versa. Interest in this…
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