Cutting a Polygon: from Mathematics Competition Problems to Mathematical Discovery9.

Autor: Bankov, Kiril
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Zdroj: Mathematics Competitions; 2022, Vol. 35 Issue 1, p60-69, 10p
Abstrakt: Problems are the intellectual product of mathematics competitions. Many of these problems lead to interesting generalizations. Sometimes the generalizations are beyond elementary mathematics and they are real challenges for professional mathematicians. Such generalizations are a basis of some of the discoveries in mathematics. This paper presents the development of ideas, inspired by problems from mathematics competitions, as beautiful mathematical discoveries. The problems are about the partitions of a polygon (mainly a rectangle) into different shapes – a topic that is fruitful for both creation of problems for mathematics competitions and for mathematical discoveries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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