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gkwal
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rectangle with rational side
« on: Jul 16th, 2007, 9:26pm » |
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Show that if a rectangle R can be tiled by finitely many rectangles with at least one side rational, then R has at least one side rational.
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Barukh
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Re: rectangle with rational side
« Reply #1 on: Jul 17th, 2007, 8:52am » |
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Here.
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FiBsTeR
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Re: rectangle with rational side
« Reply #2 on: Jul 17th, 2007, 5:30pm » |
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I stood and clapped when I read the proof.
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