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wallace-bolyai-gerwien theorem

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
wal-lace-bolyai-ger-wien the-o-rem
IPA
46
Scrabble Score
27
Letters
7
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A theorem related to dissections of polygons, stating that one polygon can be formed from another — by cutting it into a finite number of pieces and recomposing them by translations and rotations — if and only if the two polygons have the same area.

Etymology

Named after William Wallace, Farkas Bolyai, and P. Gerwien.

Inflected Forms

the Wallace-Bolyai-Gerwien theorem (canonical)

Questions

What does wallace-bolyai-gerwien theorem mean?
A theorem related to dissections of polygons, stating that one polygon can be formed from another — by cutting it into a finite number of pieces and recomposing them by translations and rotations — if and only if the two polygons have the same area.
Where does wallace-bolyai-gerwien theorem come from?
Named after William Wallace, Farkas Bolyai, and P. Gerwien.

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