Hooper's paradox
English
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Etymology
[edit]Published in 1774 by William Hooper.
Proper noun
[edit]- A falsidical paradox based on an optical illusion, where a geometric shape with an area of 32 units is dissected into four parts, which are then assembled into a rectangle with an area of only 30 units; however, the triangles of the dissected shape are not quite identical to the triangles in the rectangle.