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1.加菲尔德拼桌布问题詹姆斯·琼·加菲尔德(A·Garfield,1831-1881),美国第20任总统他曾因巧证勾股定理而轰动国际数学界下面是他解决的实际问题——“拼桌布”趣题加菲尔德的夫人有一块做衣服时剩下的布料,如图1所示,想再裁一件衣服,可布料不够;若弃之,又可惜.于是夫人请加菲尔德将这块布料剪拼成一块方桌布,且使剪裁块数最少又不浪费一点布料.后来,加菲尔德总统巧妙地解决了这一问题,将布料剪拼成了一块夫人十分
1. Garfield Folds Table Cloth Problem A. Garfield (1831-1881), 20th President of the United States He has caused a sensation in the world of mathematical theory by the hypotheses of the Pythagorean Theorem Here are some practical questions that he solved - Garfield’s lady has a piece of cloth left over from his clothes, as shown in Figure 1. He wants to cut a piece of clothing, but not enough cloth. If he gives up, it is a pity. Field cut the piece of fabric into a square tablecloth and cut the fabric at least without wasting a bit of cloth, and President Garfield cleverly solved the problem by cutting the fabric into a lady