Spoiler below. Dogbleeping idiot GMail inserted *four* copies of that URL, but shows *one* instance in my composition window!! But, oops, that pdf omitted the definition of "flake". (And seems to require Adobe Reader, which says: "Cannot extract the embedded font 'Helvetica'. Some characters may not display or print correctly.") On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 6:53 AM, Bill Gosper <billgosper@gmail.com> wrote: By mere inspection, six green snowflakes surround a larger white one which has how many times a green one's area? gosper.org/kokoch.pdf
--rwg (Note Julian's tool, even for a lowly Snowflake.)
Spoiler: The six plus one flakes unite to form a larger one. Dividing it into three, equally broad horizontal strips (containing two green ones each) shows it to be exactly three times the height of a green one, and thus nine times the area, leaving three for the white area. --rwg