[HN Gopher] The Quest to Find Rectangles in a Square
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       The Quest to Find Rectangles in a Square
        
       Author : gumby
       Score  : 43 points
       Date   : 2023-02-07 13:38 UTC (9 hours ago)
        
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       | andrejguran wrote:
       | https://archive.ph/qouZA
        
       | xianshou wrote:
       | All these squares make a circle.
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       | All these squares make a circle.
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       | All these squares make a circle...
        
       | ikesau wrote:
       | Ian Henderson's own post on the process is probably more
       | interesting for most people here.
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       | http://ianhenderson.org/similar-rectangles/
        
         | panic wrote:
         | Hey, that's me! Though I mention it in the post, I also want to
         | give a shoutout here to libcalcium, which handles the somewhat
         | magical task of representing and comparing exact algebraic
         | numbers: https://fredrikj.net/calcium/index.html.
        
       | JKCalhoun wrote:
       | I tried and came up with three of the eleven, ha ha. One of mine
       | isn't among the eleven though. I'm too thick though to figure out
       | if I made a mistake with it. I tried computing the ratio with
       | algebra but I'm a little rusty.
        
       | layer8 wrote:
       | Is this an OEIS sequence yet?
        
         | tromp wrote:
         | It is, as of today! https://oeis.org/A359146
        
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       | ColinWright wrote:
       | Oh. Gosh. I've been mentioned by name in the NY Times.
        
         | zafka wrote:
         | Congrats Colin!! Next thing you know, late night TV will be
         | calling :)
        
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