Squaring the Triangle - Numberphile

The inimitable James Grime is back showing us how to convert an equilateral triangle into a square - and more... Additional links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓

While a fan of Dudeney, we'd like to shout-out Charles William McElroy who is likely the discoverer of this dissection...

More James Grime on Numberphile - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWLNZRKWlcRmTABh_SExiiCj

James Grime's own website with more details about his and his work - https://www.singingbanana.com/ (you can even book James to do one of this brilliant talks!)

Squaring the Circle (featuring James) - https://youtu.be/CMP9a2J4Bqw

James inspects a squaring the circle device on Objectivity - https://youtu.be/B4gzt8v401Q

The paper discussed in this video - Dudeney's Dissection is Optimal - https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.03865

The Dehn Invariant - https://youtu.be/eYfpSAxGakI

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