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From: ddks@cs.Princeton.EDU (Daniel Sleator)
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Subject: dissection into equal triangles
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Date: 14 Mar 90 05:01:49 GMT
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Can any polygon be dissected into triangles of equal area?

Equivalently, can any quadrilateral be dissected into triangles of equal
area?

This unsolved (as far as I know) problem came up in an undergraduate
class at Princeton, and was told to me by John Conway.

				D. Sleator