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Author:J. Lennart Berggren, Dr. Matrix
Description: See, in particular, the GLaD Construction: new methods for dividing a segment up into any number of equal parts, discovered in 1995 by students David Goldenheim and Dan Litchfield, with links to follow for the story: Euclid, Fibonacci, and Sketchpad; The GLaD Construction; The Geometric Proof; The Algebraic Proof; The Fibonacci Sequence Appears!; The Construction; The Conclusion; The GLaD Home Page, and some other commentary. Also a hyperlinked discussion of mathematics, Dr. Matrix Awards in Mathematics, Penrose Tiles Challenge, and links in the following categories: Math Education, Math Reference, Math Interest, Overview, and Departments.
Levels: Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12), College
Languages: English
Resource Types: Link Listings
Math Topics: Constructions, Symmetry/Tessellations, Fibonacci Sequence

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