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By the Wallace–Bolyai–Gerwien theorem, a square can be cut into parts and rearranged into a triangle of equal area. In geometry, the Wallace–Bolyai–Gerwien theorem, [1] named after William Wallace, Farkas Bolyai and P. Gerwien, is a theorem related to dissections of polygons. It answers the question when one polygon can be formed from ...
Geometry. In geometry, straightedge-and-compass construction – also known as ruler-and-compass construction, Euclidean construction, or classical construction – is the construction of lengths, angles, and other geometric figures using only an idealized ruler and a pair of compasses. The idealized ruler, known as a straightedge, is assumed ...
Ramanujan's congruences. In mathematics, Ramanujan's congruences are the congruences for the partition function p (n) discovered by Srinivasa Ramanujan: In plain words, e.g., the first congruence means that If a number is 4 more than a multiple of 5, i.e. it is in the sequence. 4, 9, 14, 19, 24, 29, . . . then the number of its partitions is a ...
Mohr–Mascheroni theorem. In mathematics, the Mohr–Mascheroni theorem states that any geometric construction that can be performed by a compass and straightedge can be performed by a compass alone. It must be understood that "any geometric construction" refers to figures that contain no straight lines, as it is clearly impossible to draw a ...
Congruence permits alteration of some properties, such as location and orientation, but leaves others unchanged, like distances and angles. The unchanged properties are called invariants. In geometry, two figures or objects are congruent if they have the same shape and size, or if one has the same shape and size as the mirror image of the other.
Conway circle theorem. In plane geometry, the Conway circle theorem states that when the sides meeting at each vertex of a triangle are extended by the length of the opposite side, the six endpoints of the three resulting line segments lie on a circle whose centre is the incentre of the triangle. The circle on which these six points lie is ...
The Ramanujan tau function, studied by Ramanujan (1916), is the function defined by the following identity: where q = exp (2πiz) with Im z > 0, is the Euler function, η is the Dedekind eta function, and the function Δ (z) is a holomorphic cusp form of weight 12 and level 1, known as the discriminant modular form (some authors, notably ...
In mathematics, Wolstenholme's theorem states that for a prime number , the congruence. holds, where the parentheses denote a binomial coefficient. For example, with p = 7, this says that 1716 is one more than a multiple of 343. The theorem was first proved by Joseph Wolstenholme in 1862. In 1819, Charles Babbage showed the same congruence ...