Book:Harry Lindgren/Geometric Dissections

Harry Lindgren: Geometric Dissections

Published $\text {1964}$, D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc.

Subject Matter

• Recreational Mathematics

Contents

Preface

1. Introductory

2. $P$-Strips and $PP$ Dissections

3. More $PP$ Dissections

4. $T$-Strips and $PT$ Dissections

5. $TT$ Dissections

6. Piecemeal Dissections

7. Strips from Tessellations $\text I$

8. Triangles and Quadrilaterals

9. Dissections from Tessellations $\text I$

10. Classifications

11. Dissections from Tessellations $\text {II}$

12. Completing the Tessellation

13. Strips from Tessellations $\text {II}$

14. Rational Dissections

15. The Heptagon

16. The Nine-gon

17. The Decagon

18. Rectilinear Letters

19. Stars

20. More Stars

21. E Pluribus Unum

22. Three-Figure Dissections

23. Curvilinear Dissections

24. Solid Dissections

Postscript

Appendix

A. Problems for Solution

B. Drawings of Polygons, Etc.

C. Dimensions of Polygons

D. Solutions of Problems

E. List of Dissections

F. Sources and Credits

G. Recent Progress

Cited by

• 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers
• 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems (edited by Martin Gardner)