Exploring dissections of rectangles into right-angled triangles

DOI10.1080/0020739X.2013.770094MaRDI QIDQ5403732zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Martin Griffiths

Publication date 19 March 2014

Published in International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1080/0020739x.2013.770094

zbMATH Keywords

similaritygolden ratiotrianglesgeometric series

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Number theory (educational aspects) (97F60) Geometric constructions in real or complex geometry (51M15) Plane and solid geometry (educational aspects) (97G40) Descriptive geometry (educational aspects) (97G80)

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