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reflections, Platonic solids, spirals, symmetry, and
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"Pythagorean Tree," a pancake by Nathan Shields (www.10minutemath.com)
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This fractal, like many others, is fun to doodle at faculty meetings. Here, each triple of touching squares encloses a right triangle in a traditional visualization of the Pythagorean Theorem. To see about making your own fractal pancakes, as well as other topics I find interesting as a math teacher, check out my blog. --- Nathan Shields (www.10minutemath.com)
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