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A Proof Without Words: Triangles in the Triangular Grid

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Abstract

This proof without words demonstrates that there are (n+24)\binom{n+2}{4} equilateral triangles in the regular nn-vertices-per-side triangular grid by describing a map from four-element subsets of {1,2,,n+2}\{1,2, \dots, n+2\} into the set of equilateral triangles in this grid. Specifically, we illustrate the triangle that corresponds to the subset {4,5,8,11}\{4,5,8,11\} under this bijection when n=10n = 10.

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@article{arxiv.2211.00186,
  title  = {A Proof Without Words: Triangles in the Triangular Grid},
  author = {Peter Kagey},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.00186},
  year   = {2022}
}

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