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Conway and Soifer tried to set a record for least number of words in a mathematical paper. I've reproduced it here in its entirety.

Can n2 + 1 unit equilateral triangles cover an equilateral triangle of side > n, say n + ε?
John H. Conway & Alexander Soifer
Princeton University, Mathematics
Fine Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
[email protected] [email protected]

n2 + 2 can:

alt text http://web.archive.org/web/20131102062427/http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/9329/figure1x.pngfigure 1

alt text http://web.archive.org/web/20131103012610/http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/1122/figure2.pngfigure 2

Conway and Soifer tried to set a record for least number of words in a mathematical paper. I've reproduced it here in its entirety.

Can n2 + 1 unit equilateral triangles cover an equilateral triangle of side > n, say n + ε?
John H. Conway & Alexander Soifer
Princeton University, Mathematics
Fine Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
[email protected] [email protected]

n2 + 2 can:

alt text http://web.archive.org/web/20131102062427/http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/9329/figure1x.png

alt text http://web.archive.org/web/20131103012610/http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/1122/figure2.png

Conway and Soifer tried to set a record for least number of words in a mathematical paper. I've reproduced it here in its entirety.

Can n2 + 1 unit equilateral triangles cover an equilateral triangle of side > n, say n + ε?
John H. Conway & Alexander Soifer
Princeton University, Mathematics
Fine Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
[email protected] [email protected]

n2 + 2 can:

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Conway and Soifer tried to set a record for least number of words in a mathematical paper. I've reproduced it here in its entirety.

Can n2 + 1 unit equilateral triangles cover an equilateral triangle of side > n, say n + ε?
John H. Conway & Alexander Soifer
Princeton University, Mathematics
Fine Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
[email protected] [email protected]

n2 + 2 can:

alt text http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/9329/figure1x.pngalt text http://web.archive.org/web/20131102062427/http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/9329/figure1x.png

alt text http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/1122/figure2.pngalt text http://web.archive.org/web/20131103012610/http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/1122/figure2.png

Conway and Soifer tried to set a record for least number of words in a mathematical paper. I've reproduced it here in its entirety.

Can n2 + 1 unit equilateral triangles cover an equilateral triangle of side > n, say n + ε?
John H. Conway & Alexander Soifer
Princeton University, Mathematics
Fine Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
[email protected] [email protected]

n2 + 2 can:

alt text http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/9329/figure1x.png

alt text http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/1122/figure2.png

Conway and Soifer tried to set a record for least number of words in a mathematical paper. I've reproduced it here in its entirety.

Can n2 + 1 unit equilateral triangles cover an equilateral triangle of side > n, say n + ε?
John H. Conway & Alexander Soifer
Princeton University, Mathematics
Fine Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
[email protected] [email protected]

n2 + 2 can:

alt text http://web.archive.org/web/20131102062427/http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/9329/figure1x.png

alt text http://web.archive.org/web/20131103012610/http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/1122/figure2.png

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Conway and Soifer tried to set a record for least number of words in a mathematical paper. I've reproduced it here in its entirety.

Can n2 + 1 unit equilateral triangles cover an equilateral triangle of side > n, say n + ε?
John H. Conway & Alexander Soifer
Princeton University, Mathematics
Fine Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
[email protected] [email protected]

n2 + 2 can:

alt text http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/9329/figure1x.png

alt text http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/1122/figure2.png