Why Do Shapes Multiply?

Examples

1. A single pizza is cut into four slices, now there are four pizzas (in pieces).
2. Cubes grow: one cube splits into eight smaller cubes.
3. Two triangles combine to form one square, like the two sides of a house.

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See also

• What Is a Fractal and Why Do They Appear Everywhere?
• What Is the Golden Rectangle?
• Why Do Shapes Tile Surfaces Perfectly?
• Why Do Shapes Tile the Plane Perfectly Some of the Time?
• Why Do Shapes Tile the Plane Perfectly?

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