| Title: | Mathematics at DEC |
| Moderator: | RUSURE::EDP |
| Created: | Mon Feb 03 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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One of those farmer_with_a_field_dying_and_leaving_several_bene- ficiaries_with_equal_claim_on_his_property puzzles, but it's a good one. The details: Shape of field: octagon ABCDEFGH. Angles A and E are 108�, the other angles are 144�. Number of sons: 6 Requirements: each son gets a field of equal shape and size. Define the boundaries, using only a ruler. (This last restriction also means that we can describe to one another how to solve the puzzle without heavy graphics bandwidth. Andrew.
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 1041.1 | Darts and diamonds? | NIZIAK::YARBROUGH | I PREFER PI | Tue Mar 21 1989 09:50 | 7 |
I haven't figured out the exact layout yet but it looks like a part of a
Penrose tiling made up of combinations of quadrilaterals with angles
{36, 144, 36, 144} (with unit sides) and triangles {36, 36, 108} with the
shorter sides units. These combine into larger quadrilaterals with angles
{36, 72, 36, 216}, {72, 108, 72, 108}, and {72, 72, 72, 144}.
Lynn Yarbrough
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