Answers 319[I have been unable to identify Mr. Hill, who discovered this truly remark-
able dissection, and do not even know if he lived in England or somewhere
else.-M. G.]
- SQUARING THE SWASTIKA
The illustration shows how the swastika should be cut into four parts and
placed together to form a square. The direction of the nearly horizontal cut is
obvious, the other is at right angles to it.[See Lindgren, Geometric Dissections, p. 43, Figures 9.15 and 9.16, for more
symmetrical four-part solutions.-M. G.]- THE MALTESE CROSS
Cut the star in four pieces across the center, and place them in the four
corners of the frame. Then you have a perfect Maltese Cross in white, as
indicated.