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Dissections of a metal rectangle

arXiv:1011.3180

Abstract

In the present popular-science paper, we find out which rectangles can be dissected into squares. The proof is based on a physical interpretation in terms of electrical networks. Only a secondary school background is assumed in the paper.

In Russian, 13 pages, 21 figures. An arithmetic error has been corrected, and exposition has been improved

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