MHB Euler-pi Discovery: AMS News Item #3

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The American Mathematical Society reported a discovery related to Euler's identity and pi, which sparked interest among forum members. However, several users encountered issues with the provided link, rendering it inaccessible. The discussion quickly shifted to the possibility of the announcement being an April Fool's joke. Participants expressed skepticism about the validity of the discovery due to the timing of the report. Ultimately, the conversation highlighted the challenges of verifying mathematical claims online.
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Quite interesting discovery reported by American Mathemetical Society:
http://www.AMS.com/news-items/pi-e-discovery/0104af.html

Scroll down to item#3.
 
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Link doesn't work for me.
 
Bacterius said:
Link doesn't work for me.
April's fool!
 

Thread 'Area of Overlapping Squares'

Here is a little puzzle from the book 100 Geometric Games by Pierre Berloquin. The side of a small square is one meter long and the side of a larger square one and a half meters long. One vertex of the large square is at the center of the small square. The side of the large square cuts two sides of the small square into one- third parts and two-thirds parts. What is the area where the squares overlap?
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