An explanatory, transformation geometry proof of a classic treasure-hunt problem and its generalization

DOI10.1080/0020739X.2016.1210245MaRDI QIDQ4689554zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Michael de Villiers

Publication date 16 October 2018

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.2016.1210245

zbMATH Keywords

composition of rotationsdilationsdynamic geometrypirate problemrotationsspiral similaritytreasure-hunt problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Elementary problems in Euclidean geometries (51M04) Plane and solid geometry (educational aspects) (97G40)

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