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Elementary Approaches to the Teaching of the Combinatorial Problem of Rectangular Islands

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    Attila Máder & Róbert Vajda

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* This column will publish short (from just a few paragraphs to ten or so pages), lively and intriguing computer-related mathematics vignettes. These vignettes or snapshots should illustrate ways in which computer environments have transformed the practice of mathematics or mathematics pedagogy. They could also include puzzles or brain-teasers involving the use of computers or computational theory. Snapshots are subject to peer review. From the Column Editor Uri Wilensky, Northwestern University. e-mail: uri@northwestern.edu.

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Máder, A., Vajda, R. Elementary Approaches to the Teaching of the Combinatorial Problem of Rectangular Islands. Int J Comput Math Learning 15, 267–281 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10758-010-9171-9

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