18 novembre 2020

Proofs without words 1

Every odd number is the difference of two consecutive squares.
Pick an odd number $n$ (in red), "bend it" in the middle and fill the square (with the blue part). In the picture, we see that for $n=13$ we obtain $13=7^2-6^2$.

Credits: MSE question 263101

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