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There was a chap who could tile a square whom I was perfectly willing to hire. “Used triangles — all of areas same, and needed but eleven for this game”, he said, and I knew he was a liar!
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B Sury was in the school of mathematics of TIFR Bombay from 1981 to 1999. Since 1999, he has been with the Indian Statistical Institute in Bangalore. His research interests are in algebra and number theory. He is the Karnataka coordinator for the Mathematical Olympiad Programme in India.
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Sury, B. Odd if it isn’t an even fit!. Reson 20, 23–33 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-015-0149-8
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