Info A personnal version of the missing square puzzle, made some time ago. Probably it was already invented and sleeps in some 19th century book, but I'm not aware of it
Oppose Once again, a great animation, but fails #4: there is no description. Will gladly support once the animation is adequately described. – flamurai08:53, 1 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, I have changed my mind (but not my vote). While it's not as pretty, Image:Missing Square Animation.gif does a better job illustrating the concept. However I think this image could be improved by shading the area of the larger square so the user can clearly see that the "solid" square is smaller than the square with the hole in it. – flamurai08:58, 1 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Since you have indicated that you prefer an alternative, I have moved this candidate to MVR to let it compete with the alternative you suggest. -- Slaunger20:44, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I have added a simple explanation to the picture file. But I disagree with the suggestion of inserting a shade, that would spoil the puzzling effect of the animation and ruin most of the fun. It is enough to look carefully at two adjacent quadrangles in different positions to notice that the outer limits don't match -- Alvesgaspar11:15, 1 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - let me defend my dame. The geometric concept in this puzzle is much more elegant, and elegance is (almost) everytinhg in math and geometry... In this picture we have two squares of slightly different areas; in the ohter picture one of the figures is not even a triangle -- Alvesgaspar10:58, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
