# The Stomachion is a study of how many ways the dissected square can be reassembled, an early work of…

> Most likely: The Stomachion is a study of how many ways the dissected square can be reassembled, an early work of combinatorics.

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# The Stomachion is a study of how many ways the dissected square can be reassembled, an early work of…

The Stomachion is a study of how many ways the dissected square can be reassembled, an early work of combinatorics.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: none pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- The surviving fragment discusses the number of arrangements rather than only the construction.

## What would rule it out

- The fragment's argument is confined to constructing the figure.

## Evidence none for · 1 against

[Only a short fragment of the Stomachion survives, which limits any reading of its aim.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/archimedes-palimpsest/evidence/EVD0CT7N9045087/only-a-short-fragment-of-the-stomachion-survives-which)

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Most likelyNewly read passages of The Method show Archimedes treating infinitely many objects as completed wholes and…

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