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  • ️Weisstein, Eric W.
  • ️Mon Nov 15 1999

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TorusDissection

A ring torus constructed out of a square of side length c can be dissected into two squares of arbitrary side lengths a and b (as long as they are consistent with the size of the original square), as illustrated above.


See also

Dissection, Torus

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References

Stewart, I. "Squaring the Square." Sci. Amer. 277, 94-96, July 1997.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Torus Dissection." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/TorusDissection.html

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