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Can you give examples of proofs without words? In particular, can you give examples of proofs without words for non-trivial results?

(One could ask if this is of interest to mathematicians, and I would say yes, in so far as the kind of little gems that usually fall under the title of 'proofs without words' is quite capable of providing the aesthetic rush we all so professionally appreciate. That is why we will sometimes stubbornly stare at one of these mathematical autostereograms with determination until we joyously see it.)

(I'll provide an answer as an example of what I have in mind in a second)

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 where possible could people also either note the image source or explain/provide a link to a "how to" for constructing the associated diagram? I think that such would also be helpful for folks` – Carter Tazio Schonwald Dec 14 2009 at 23:57
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 I hope I am not alone in being (usually) unable to appreciate "proof by picture"... – suVRit Jul 8 2011 at 21:14
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 @Suvrit: I hope I am not alone in being most often unable to appreciate "proof by word" until I've read it at least twenty times and wrestled with it for many days per page! – WetSavannaAnimal aka Rod Vance Jul 9 2011 at 12:11
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 I am actually quite fond of this question, David! I tend to make comments on answers that are not relevant, and they have a tendency to get deleted after that. – Mariano Suárez-Alvarez Sep 16 2011 at 17:34
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 My opinion is that almost every proof-without-words is improved by a few well-chosen words. – Joel David Hamkins Feb 12 2012 at 0:47
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