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Torus Dissection


TorusDissection

A torus dissection divides a torus into pieces. A ring torus constructed out of a square of side length c can be dissected into two squares of arbitrary side lengths a and b (as long as they are consistent with the size of the original square), as illustrated above.

A squared torus is tiled by squares, which may cross the boundary of its fundamental domain. The squaring is perfect when the side lengths are all distinct.


See also

Dissection, Squared Torus, Torus

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References

Stewart, I. "Squaring the Square." Sci. Amer. 277, 94-96, July 1997.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Torus Dissection." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/TorusDissection.html

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