Square Division
Rules[edit]
Divide the grid into given set of squares.
(Example from WPC 2019 IB)
Rule variations[edit]
This puzzle is a recurring subject of Optimiser problems. The target is to divide the grid into fewest number of squares.
History of the puzzle[edit]
"Squaring the square" problem was first studied by Cambridge students R. Leonard Brooks, Cedric Smith, Arthur H. Stone and W. T. Tutte (UK) between 1936 and 1938.[1]
Appearances in the past WPCs[edit]
- WPC 2019/Round 10 by Sebastian Matschke
- WPC 2018/Round 8 by Jiří Hrdina
- WPC 2000/Part VII (Optimiser) by Nick Baxter