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Tilings of Parallelograms by Similar Isosceles Triangles

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This work was supported by the Beijing Institute of Technology Research Fund Program for Young Scholars. 2010]05B45 52C20.

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Wang, D.G.L. Tilings of Parallelograms by Similar Isosceles Triangles. Math Intelligencer 38, 24–29 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-016-9629-2

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