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A brief illustrated guide to 'scissors congruence' − an ancient geometric idea that’s still fueling cutting-edge mathematical research

  • Written by Maxine Calle, Ph.D. Candidate in Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania
A brief illustrated guide to 'scissors congruence' − an ancient geometric idea that’s still fueling cutting-edge mathematical researchWhile scissors congruence accurately captures the modern algebraic notion of 2D area, things get more complicated in higher dimensions.Maxine Calle, CC BY-ND

In math class, you probably learned how to compute the area of lots of different shapes by memorizing algebraic formulas. Remember “base x height” for rectangles and...

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