Mathematical Visual Proofs
Self Similar Geometric Series: Sums of powers of 7 (and all integers larger than 3)
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To learn more about epicycloids, check out the wikipedia site:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicycloid
For a hypocycloid version of this idea, see
youtu.be/DC8JlortDqE
For other hypocycloid videos, check these out:
youtu.be/gTsdoR2rqwk
youtu.be/5dwlLH0aqxs
youtu.be/VvX9bMUX-ic
youtu.be/1ctRFgWwg5E
youtube.com/shorts/skLikVz2JhA
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For the original animations, see here:
Level 1, Four flat stacks: youtu.be/Ye9OPNqV9FA
Level 2, Triangular arrays: youtu.be/jWpyrXYZNiI
Level 3, Overlapping gnomons: youtu.be/d1yM6Rq7Tfw
Level 4, Cubes to gnomons: youtu.be/YQLicI8R4Gs
Level 5, Triangular dissection: youtu.be/NxOcT_VKQR0
Level 6, Two cuboid stacks: youtu.be/i12p4Acb3L4
Level 7, Summing Odds: youtu.be/LYfKapE_g1Q
Original sources:
Level 1: This animation is based on a visual proofs by Warren Lushbaugh (from an article by Solomon Golomb) in the May 1965 issue of the Mathematical Gazette (doi.org/10.2307/3612319) and, independently, Antonella Cupillari from the October 1989 issue of Mathematics Magazine page 259 (doi.org/10.2307/2689765).
Level 2: This animation is based on a visual proof by Parames Laosinchai from the December 2012 issue of Mathematics Magazine (jstor.org/stable/10.4169/math.mag.85.5.360 page 360).
Level 3: This animation is based on a visual proofs by Warren Lushbaugh (from an article by Solomon Golomb) in the May 1965 issue of the Mathematical Gazette (doi.org/10.2307/3612319).
Level 4: This animation is based on independently discovered, separate visual proofs by J. Barry Love from the March 1977 issue of Mathematics Magazine (jstor.org/stable/2689727), page 74, and Alan L. Fry from the January 1985 issue of Mathematics Magazine (jstor.org/stable/2690228) , page 11.
Level 5: This animation is based on a visual proof by Georg Schrage from the June 1992 issue of Mathematics Magazine (doi.org/10.2307/2691330 - page 185).
Level 6: This animation is based on a visual proof by Tom Edgar from the September 2024 issue of Mathematics Magazine (doi.org/10.1080/0025570X.2024.2379213 page ??).
Level 7: This animation is based on a visual proof by Alfinio Flores from the January 1998 issue of The College Mathematics Journal (jstor.org/stable/2687639 page 61).
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Can you prove that 0,1, and 4900 are the only such solutions to the problem?
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Along the way, we investigate the definition of the derivative of a function at a point and see the key idea behind differential calculus.
This video arose from one of my classes after a conversations with Joe Eichholz - my thanks to Joe for his time.
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This animation of the inequalities is based on a visual proof by Roger Nelsen from the June 1987 issue of Mathematics Magazine (jstor.org/stable/2689561) p. 158.
If you like visual proofs of inequalities, see these links:
AM-GM inequality via rectangles/squares: youtu.be/62G9fak1vyk
AM-GM inequality via circles: youtu.be/Pt8IX_Q5U1A
AM-GM-HM-QM via Moments: youtu.be/XJ3643WhKjY
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The dissection proof was suggested to me by Glen Whitney (studioinfinity.org), and Glen then found a similar dissection in the compendium of Pythagorean theorem proofs from Elisha Loomis (Proof 21 on p. 122 ).
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This animation is based on a visual proof by Richard A. Gibbs from the June 1990 issue of Mathematics Magazine (doi.org/10.2307/2691137 - page 172).
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If you like this video, you might enjoy this compilation of four visual proofs finding the area of a regular dodecagon inscribed in the unit circle: youtu.be/I5IrNug26S8
This animation is based on a visual proof by Roger B. Nelsen from a recent issue of The College Mathematics Journal (doi.org/10.1080/07468342.2024.2347160 ).
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If you enjoy this enumeration, check out the longer form: youtu.be/4S85bHkmM_Y
or check out a Fibonacci tiling video : youtu.be/AFAcKDTmYXI
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For another compilation of geometric series dissections (with minimal overlaps), check out this video: youtu.be/JteQEN1XPyc
This is a compilation of nine shorts (most with words). If you want to see those, the links are below (along with attribution to the original ``proof without words" author).
00:06 Infinite sum of powers of 1/2 (0.111... = 1 in base 2): youtube.com/shorts/iVLE8gEJfPA
This animation is based on a visual proof by Warren Page from the September 1981 issue of Mathematics Magazine, (page 201 - jstor.org/stable/2689632 ).
00:38 Infinite sum of powers of 1/3 (0.222... = 1 in base 3):
youtube.com/shorts/GwIVlNRV-M0
This animation is based on a proof by Elizabeth M. Markham from the October 1993 issue of Mathematics Magazine page 242 (doi.org/10.2307/2690738).
01:20 Infinite sum of powers of 1/4 (0.333... = 1 in base 4):
youtube.com/shorts/qk1IPvvWfr0
This animation is based on a proof by Sunday A. Ajose from the June 1994 issue of Mathematics Magazine (jstor.org/stable/2690616 page 230).
01:55 Infinite sum of powers of 1/5 (0.444... = 1 in base 5):
youtube.com/shorts/ltKZJ8wumUI
This animation is based on a proof by Elizabeth M. Markham from the October 1993 issue of Mathematics Magazine page 242 (doi.org/10.2307/2690738).
02:40 Infinite sum of powers of 1/6 (0.555... = 1 in base 6):
youtube.com/shorts/T2Mi0AUIKJY
This animation is based on a proof by James Tanton from the March 2008 issue of The College Mathematics Journal page 106. (jstor.org/stable/27646594).
03:20 Infinite sum of powers of 1/7 (0.666... = 1 in base 7):
youtube.com/shorts/4ri5pCirFsQ
This animation is based on a proof by Stephan Berendonk (2020) from the November 2020 issue of The College Mathematics Journal, (doi.org/10.1080/07468342.2020.1830649 p. 385)
04:15 Infinite sum of powers of 1/8 (0.777... = 1 in base 8):
youtube.com/shorts/8TDSID0BhwI
This animation is based on a visual proof from Roger B. Nelsen in the February 2006 issue of Mathematics Magazine (doi.org/10.2307/27642904 or jstor.org/stable/27642904), page 60.
05:00 Infinite sum of powers of 1/9 (0.888... = 1 in base 9):
youtube.com/shorts/a8YMq_q4HRs
This animation is inspired by the a proof by Elizabeth M. Markham from the October 1993 issue of Mathematics Magazine page 242 (doi.org/10.2307/2690738).
05:50 Infinite sum of powers of 1/10 (0.999... = 1 in base 10):
youtube.com/shorts/XJtjU_Ipjno
This animation is based on a proof by James Tanton from the March 2008 issue of The College Mathematics Journal page 106. (jstor.org/stable/27646594).
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If you are looking for more information about this, I recommend this fantastic video by : youtu.be/Ct7oltmdJrM or the wonderful textbook Proofs that Really Count: The Art of Combinatorial Proof from Arthur Benjamin and Jennifer Quinn: bookstore.ams.org/dol-27
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Here is a link to the visual proof for the sum of squares:
youtu.be/-tJhH_k2LaM
Here are other visual proofs about the sum of squares formulas:
youtu.be/a8j3sBrXchg
youtu.be/WidzHiUFWNA
youtu.be/UqVmocdLFGc
youtu.be/Q-frL0Ot2m4
youtu.be/VYaEGvClg7Q
This animation is based on a visual proof by C.G. Wastun according to Roger Nelsen in his second Proof without Words compendium (page 91) : bookstore.ams.org/view?ProductCode=CLRM/14
This first visual proof animation is based on (independently discovered) visual proofs by Dan Kalman from the March 1991 issue of The College Mathematics Journal (jstor.org/stable/2686447) and Martin Gardner from the October 1973 Scientific American (jstor.org/stable/24923225).
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Here is a bit longer version: youtu.be/I75HYC8TRNY
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This animation is based on a proof due to Bhāskara. For a static version of this proof, see Roger Nelsen's first "Proof Without Words: Exercises in Visual Thinking" compendium (page 4). You can also check out Howard Eves' "Great Moments in Mathematics (Before 1650)" page 29-32.
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For other proofs of this same fact check out:
youtu.be/q28H5NY5UVU
youtu.be/yfGtbNgcrQ8
youtu.be/JRjPsuJ7S-g
youtu.be/TsKTteGJpZU
youtu.be/ZlGaQdNRdqA
youtu.be/uqGjs_n-f7U
youtu.be/wWEZ-rUlBDQ
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Here is a bit longer version (without words): youtu.be/rLxx6b-oJGo
Check out these videos for related constructions:
youtube.com/shorts/dklWNdM9WSg
youtu.be/rLxx6b-oJGo
youtu.be/NBI_5GdvqUo
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This animation was inspired by an article written by Lorelei Koss that appeared in the Proceedings of Bridges 2015: archive.bridgesmathart.org/2015/bridges2015-423.pdf . For more information, you should also check out the related article "Fractal Tilings in the Plane" by Richard Darst, Judith Palagallo and Thomas Price from the February 1998 Mathematics Magazine: jstor.org/stable/2691339
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For a longer, wordless version (more dramatic) of this animation see
youtu.be/o0AyHmRV8RA?si=2fExvp1WqrmZp5SJ
Also, check out my playlist on geometric sums/series: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZh9gzIvXQUsgw8W5TUVDtF0q4jEJ3iaw
This animation is based on a proof by James Tanton from the March 2008 issue of The College Mathematics Journal page 106. (jstor.org/stable/27646594).
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This animation is based on a proof by Roger B. Nelsen in his book Cameos for Calculus (bookstore.ams.org/clrm-49 ).
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1) The square root of 2 as the length of the diagonal of a 1 by 1 square.
2) Pi as the area of the circle with radius 1.
3) Tau as the circumference of the circle with radius 1.
4) The golden ratio as the number satisfying (x+1)/x=x/1.
5) The square root of 3 as the altitude or area of an equilateral triangle with side length 2.
6) Euler's number e as the ending x-coordinate yielding the area under the curve of 1/x starting at x=1.
7) The silver ratio as the horizontal length across the regular octagon with side length 1 or the area of the largest rectangle inside the same regular octagon.
8) The natural logarithm of 2, ln(2), as the sum of the convergent alternating harmonic series.
9) The plastic ratio as the limit of the ratio of side lengths in a spiral of equilateral triangles with side lengths dictated by the Padovan sequence.
10) The Euler-Mascheroni constant as the difference between the harmonic series and the area under the curve y=1/x from 1 to infinity.
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For other visual proofs of this fact see:
youtu.be/Pt8IX_Q5U1A
youtu.be/62G9fak1vyk
youtu.be/HFGSsPbYc-s
For a nearly identical visual proof of another inequality (Cauchy-Schwarz) see
youtu.be/mKg_gVagHy8
This animation is based on a visual proof that appears in Icons of Mathematics by Claudi Alsina and Roger B. Nelsen (MAA, 2011):
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Here are six other visual proofs of sum of cubes formulas:
youtu.be/LYfKapE_g1Q
youtu.be/jWpyrXYZNiI
youtu.be/YQLicI8R4Gs
youtu.be/Ye9OPNqV9FA
youtu.be/NxOcT_VKQR0
youtu.be/d1yM6Rq7Tfw
This animation is based on a visual proof by Tom Edgar from the September 2024 issue of Mathematics Magazine (doi.org/10.1080/0025570X.2024.2379213 page ??).
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For a longer, wordless version (more dramatic) of this animation see
youtu.be/C4t_ps3VKvI
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This animation is inspired by the a proof by Elizabeth M. Markham from the October 1993 issue of Mathematics Magazine page 242 (doi.org/10.2307/2690738).
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Here is the original video in wide-format, wordless, with dramatic music:
youtu.be/4ZypJJmd5ZY
Here is a related visual proof for the area of a parallelogram:
youtu.be/QjWbBexfJvw
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geogebra.org/m/ZeDN7ZTW
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1+2+3+4+5+... = -1/12
that is, that the sum of all positive integers is -1/12. One problem with this is that it isn't true using the techniques of real analysis, so visualizing it can be challenging (not to mention that visualizing negative numbers is challenging in and of itself). Another challenge is that people get pretty angry with the various methods used to produce this claim.
However, we are able to make sense of this sum using a series of visual arguments that connect three different infinite sums and choose one value to assign to them. Here I try to show visual representations for this argument. While this argument has its inconsistencies, there are more legitimate reasons out there to indicate these values make some sense. In each case, there are valid reasons to assign these values, though the ones here aren't always the best.
This sum has appeared many times on YouTube and has created a lot of controversy and excitement. I am not claiming this to be a set fact; instead, my intent is to show how one standard (though with problems) argument for this claim can be made visual in some sense. If you want to know more about the intricacies involved in this argument, see the videos linked below, especially the ones from Mathologer.
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If you want to find other nice commentaries about this infinite sum, check out the following.
From @numberphile
youtu.be/w-I6XTVZXww?si=w89s2GLH65oB6fUV
youtu.be/E-d9mgo8FGk?si=aB5ahicUK9z5HHbV
youtu.be/0Oazb7IWzbA?si=gnpHiIMElCF7PLwj
youtu.be/FmLIGN8ZGdw?si=RMCbT35UNDyIers1
youtu.be/beakj767uG4?si=lg8h7Zw0s7PV-Fdf
youtu.be/PCu_BNNI5x4?si=ZbAqwQtYesWFB12I
From @Mathologer :
youtu.be/jcKRGpMiVTw?si=xn3aoSuYbYmiXZW6
youtu.be/YuIIjLr6vUA?si=vGP2gdB39MuYTrf4
From @blackpenredpen
youtu.be/6FTwMUL69u0?si=Qxh6xOhcDrNa-KMp
youtu.be/U_g_OZLt4OU?si=8V2uh0rI5iddO8Lc
The alternating geometric series argument comes from a proof by The Viewpoints 2000 group from the October 2001 issue of Mathematics Magazine page 320 (jstor.org/stable/2691106 ).
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For another visual proof of this fact using the laws of sines and cosines, check out this animation:
youtu.be/0ggGQ96eaiE
This animation is based on a visual proof by Roger B. Nelsen from the January 1989 issue of The College Mathematics Journal (jstor.org/stable/2686819 - page 51).
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1) The square root of 2 as the length of the diagonal of a 1 by 1 square.
2) Pi as the area of the circle with radius 1.
3) Tau as the circumference of the circle with radius 1.
4) The golden ratio as the number satisfying (x+1)/x=x/1.
5) The square root of 3 as the altitude or area of an equilateral triangle with side length 2.
6) Euler's number e as the ending x-coordinate yielding the area under the curve of 1/x starting at x=1.
7) The silver ratio as the horizontal length across the regular octagon with side length 1 or the area of the largest rectangle inside the same regular octagon.
8) The natural logarithm of 2, ln(2), as the sum of the convergent alternating harmonic series.
9) The plastic ratio as the limit of the ratio of side lengths in a spiral of equilateral triangles with side lengths dictated by the Padovan sequence.
10) The Euler-Mascheroni constant as the difference between the harmonic series and the area under the curve y=1/x from 1 to infinity.
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This animation is based on a proofs by Tom Edgar from the December 2016 issue of Mathematics Magazine page 338 (doi.org/10.4169/math.mag.89.5.338).
If you want to see a longer version, with an accompanying explanation, check out youtu.be/FE0Vl4zm20I
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For a slightly different version of this short without words, see:
youtube.com/shorts/eG72HxNceEs
For longer videos with related animations, see
Summing Integers: youtu.be/eHbtc50-qXo
Pythagorean Theorem: youtu.be/o2mbN452ywA (and old version: youtu.be/yfGtbNgcrQ8)
Summing Odds: youtu.be/I4A2T55k0cg
Geometric Series: youtu.be/JteQEN1XPyc
The first proof was known to the ancient greeks (cited by Martin Gardner), the second proof is adapted from the Chou pei suan ching (around 200 BCE according to Roger Nelsen), the third is attributed to Nicomachus of Gerasa by Roger Nelsen, and the final one is attributed to Warren Page (from the September 1981 issue of Mathematics Magazine, page 201 - jstor.org/stable/2689632 ). The first three can all be found in Roger Nelsen's first compendium, "Proofs Without Words: Exercises in Visual Thinking: bookstore.ams.org/view?ProductCode=CLRM/1 .
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For some related videos see these videos:
youtu.be/moxeqJx2YsY
youtu.be/I0juicS3SIc
This animation is based on a visual proof by Paul Stephenson from the December 2022 issue of Mathematics Magazine (doi.org/10.1080/0025570X.2022.2126173 page 572 ).
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If you’re interested, check out the related video at youtu.be/OedLfHaj2p4?si=VFiIFOmeDCWgGBYF .
This animation is based on a famous problem that has been discussed in numerous places. In particular, a great reference for this problem and related ones (with a fantastic bibliography) is the source Chords of an Ellipse, Lucas Polynomials, and Cubic Equations in Issue 8 of the 2020 American Mathematical Monthly (doi.org/10.1080/00029890.2020.1785253) by Ben Blum-Smith and Japheth Wood. You can also find the source here: arxiv.org/abs/1810.00492.
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To see the original videos (in shorter form and sometimes with words/explanations), check the links below. Of course there are many other visual proofs of this amazing fact, but these are my favorite seven.
Let me know your favorite in the comments!
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Here are the original series videos (along with attribution; for more detailed attribution, see the original videos):
0:00 Introduction
0:05 Folding Proof : youtu.be/IJGwvvQdfgg and youtube.com/shorts/YAGjrfpHq-Q (attribution: Yukio Kobayashi)
0:40 Circle with Triangles : youtu.be/HFGSsPbYc-s (attribution: Roger B. Nelsen)
1:07 Sliding Triangles: youtu.be/SEPkdPWKdO0 (attribution: Claudi Alsina and Roger B. Nelsen)
1:52 Tangent Circles : youtu.be/jNx05gXSblE (attribution : Roland H. Eddy)
2:38 Eight Kites : youtu.be/02yM5LqMWUs (attribution: Ayoub B. Ayoub)
3:27 Tatami : youtu.be/62G9fak1vyk and youtube.com/shorts/if800mpoJaY(attribution: Doris Schattschneider)
4:05 Semicircle : youtu.be/Pt8IX_Q5U1A and youtube.com/shorts/jB0OZYA_EI0 (attribution: Charles D. Gallant)
4:49 Ending citation
If you like this inequality or others, you can check out my playlists of inequalities and AM-GM inequality:
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AM-GM : youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZh9gzIvXQUuoRR4kTd628cWdFQ1BDyS6&si=zZYGTtPAsp0jXr42
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This animation is based on a proof due to Michael Hardy from the November, 1986 issue of The College Math Journal (doi.org/10.2307/2686255).
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For other proofs of this same fact check out the following playlist:
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This animation is based on a proof by Ángel Plaza in the June 2024 issue of Mathematics Magazine (doi.org/10.1080/0025570X.2024.2336443 page 328).
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For a longer, wordless version of this animation with two other proofs, see youtu.be/L-pxcCk3Xi4?si=hCnLn61vVxSOp2b4
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This animation is based on a proof by Stephan Berendonk (2020) from the November 2020 issue of The College Mathematics Journal, (doi.org/10.1080/07468342.2020.1830649 p. 385)
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This animation is based on a proofs by Tom Edgar from the December 2016 issue of Mathematics Magazine page 338 (doi.org/10.4169/math.mag.89.5.338).
If you want to know more about the factorial number system, check out en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factorial_number_system
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For a slower, wide format version of this video (without words), see youtu.be/Qa0bOHYjnW0
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This animation is based on a proof by The Viewpoints 2000 group from the October 2001 issue of Mathematics Magazine page 320 (jstor.org/stable/2691106 ).
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Check out these videos for related constructions:
youtu.be/rLxx6b-oJGo
youtu.be/NBI_5GdvqUo
youtu.be/XITi6Bnn5Cc
youtu.be/fFIyqMiycs4
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This animation was inspired by articles written by Lorelei Koss, one that appeared in the Proceedings of Bridges 2015: archive.bridgesmathart.org/2015/bridges2015-423.pdf
and one that appeared in the September 2022 issue of Math Horizons:
doi.org/10.1080/10724117.2022.2088009
For more information, you should also check out the related article "Fractal Tilings in the Plane" by Richard Darst, Judith Palagallo and Thomas Price from the February 1998 Mathematics Magazine: jstor.org/stable/2691339
Or you can check out Larry Riddle's fantastic site with lots about this fractal and others: larryriddle.agnesscott.org/ifs/heighway/terdragon.htm
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It turns out that this theorem is equivalent to the Arithmetic Mean-Geometric Mean inequality. The equivalence is implied by the following two proofs: youtu.be/62G9fak1vyk
youtu.be/IghOHBl0Do8
And here are two alternate ways to prove this fact via the Pythagorean Theorem and triangle areas:
youtu.be/zBUK8C6wSqs
youtu.be/BkQvnriVblY
This animation is based on a proof by Roger B. Nelsen from the December 1994 issue of Mathematics Magazine, page 374 (doi.org/10.2307/2690999). You can find this here too: maa.org/sites/default/files/Nelsen99959975.pdf
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This animation is based on a proof due to James A. Garfield. For a static version of this proof, see Roger Nelsen's first "Proof Without Words: Exercises in Visual Thinking" compendium (page 7) : bookstore.ams.org/clrm-1. You can also check out Howard Eves' "Great Moments in Mathematics (Before 1650)" page 34-36.
You can also see the original on MAA Convergence: maa.org/press/periodicals/convergence/mathematical-treasure-james-a-garfields-proof-of-the-pythagorean-theorem
For other proofs of this same fact check out the following playlist:
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For an alternate visual proof of this fact, see this video: youtu.be/-dbzvN4jnfY
This animation is based on an argument due to Tom Apostol from issue 9 of the 2000 American Mathematical Monthly: doi.org/10.1080/00029890.2000.12005280
To learn more about the convergents argument and the relationship between this proof and convergents, see this wonderful article by Doron Zeilberger:
https://sites.math.rutgers.edu/~zeilberg/mamarim/mamarimPDF/sqrt2.pdf
and here you can learn more about convergents:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continued_fraction#Convergents
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To see a slower, wider high definition version of this visual identity (without words), check out this video: youtu.be/2EsoiBdnIAM?si=3bW8M_zxxx-ueAhC
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This animation is based on a proof by Alfred Brouusseau from "A Primer for the Fibonacci Numbers by M. Bicknell and V.E. Hoggatt Jr (eds.). You can also find this proof in Roger Nelsen's first Proof Without Words compendium (page 83).
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