What is the smallest number of strictly isosceles acute triangles that an equilateral triangle can be divided into? The following construction is by WR Somsky, with 13 triangles. Is this minimal?
Division into strictly isosceles acute triangles
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0I take it "strictly isosceles" means no equilateral triangles allowed, and "acute" means no right triangles allowed. – 2012-06-21