Nowhere-Neat Dissection

A nowhere-neat dissection is a dissection of an area into polygons such that no two polygons have a side in common.

A nowhere-neat dissection in which squares of the same size are not allowed to share any part of a side is called a no-touch dissection.

See also

Fault-Free Rectangle, Mrs. Perkins's Quilt, No-Touch Dissection, Perfect Rectangle, Perfect Square Dissection

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References

Scherer, K. "Square the Square." http://karl.kiwi.gen.nz/prosqtsq.html.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Nowhere-Neat Dissection." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Nowhere-NeatDissection.html

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