Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:Missing square edit 2.gif
Image:Missing square_edit.gif, featured edit
Voting period ends on 10 Oct 2008 at 12:17:22
Info A second try, with some minor improvements in the thickness of the lines and the duration of frames. This is an alternative to the well-known "missing square paradox", popularized by Sam Loyd in the beginning of the 20th century. When the four quadrilaterals rotate about their centres, they fill the space occupied by the small red square. However the total area of the figure remains apparently unchanged during the process. Look better! I made this puzzle more than twenty years ago (in wood) and haven't found yet any written reference to it. However, and because its principle is quite simple, it might be hidden is some old puzzle book. The aim of the animation is to puzzle the reader and defy him to find the explanation, which is quite simple and doesn't call for any special mathematical or geometrical skills. For a full description see the article here. Created by & nominated by Alvesgaspar (talk) 12:17, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
Support -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 12:17, 1 October 2008 (UTC)- Support --Aqwis (talk) 14:52, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
- Support cool --Böhringer (talk) 20:28, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
- Support I like puzzles. Mr. Mario (talk) 02:30, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
- Support Good and honest.--B.navez (talk) 02:31, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
- Support -- MJJR (talk) 19:00, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
- Support --Mbdortmund (talk) 01:06, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
- Support --Simonizer (talk) 08:01, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
Oppose Very beautiful. The outside border of the square without the missing center should be smaller than the square with the extra space in the center. And the background should be transparent. Regards, Ben Aveling 10:55, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
- Info - And it is smaller! Please look carefully. -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 10:58, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
result: 8 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral => featured. Pbroks13 (talk) 17:35, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
