Now, more than 122 years after it was first proposed, Kamata and two other mathematicians have finally proved that a solution ...

OPINION- During my college years (with a husband and 5 year old daughter), my aunt told me, “Lucy, most people are circles or squares, and you, my dear, are a triangle. I took that as a ...

Mathematicians struggled to find the fewest number of pieces needed to cut an equilateral triangle and rearrange it into a perfect square. The problem, known as “Dudeney’s dissection” or the ...

So, we have come up with an interesting puzzle where you have to identify how many triangles are there in the picture. If you look at the big and small triangles carefully in the picture ...

Use a pen and ruler to draw over the vertical lines and join the dots, giving you a square. Image caption ... you now have a regular equilateral triangle.

Circle, triangle, and square. They’re simple, geometric, and eerily familiar. They look like something pulled straight out of a PlayStation controller or a childhood game of tic-tac-toe.