Re: Squaring Circles
From: Uncle Al (UncleAl0_at_hate.spam.net)
Date: 10/30/04
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Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 07:50:46 -0700
Sam Wormley wrote:
>
> [MATHTREK]
> Squaring Circles
> Cutting a circle into pieces and reassembling the fragments
> to form a square is a tricky proposition.
> http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20041030/mathtrek.asp
"Laczkovich initially estimated that about 10^50 pieces are needed"
Even if it is only 10^30 pieces, yer gonna need more than one grad
student working on it.
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