Researchers have demonstrated, using a novel approach, that the original solution to Dudeney’s famous dissection problem is indeed the optimal one. In 1907, English author and mathematician Henry Erne ...

TOKYO -- A Japan-U.S. research team on March 10 offered a mathematical proof that "Dudeney's dissection," a challenge to cut ...

In 1907, the English author and mathematician Henry Ernest Dudeney posed a puzzle: Can any equilateral triangle be cut into ...

Henry Ernest Dudeney posed the famous dissection problem of transforming a triangle into a square by cutting it into as few pieces as possible. In a new study, researchers have finally proved that the ...

Ishikawa, Japan-- In 1907, the English author and mathematician Henry Ernest Dudeney posed a puzzle: Can any equilateral triangle be cut into as few pieces as possible that will fit together to ...

As I have done on several previous occasions, I am borrowing this week from England’s greatest puzzler, Henry Ernest Dudeney, who enthralled fans about a century ago. Welcome to Problematics We ...