Ruler and the round: classic problems in geometric constructions
(2012)
Nonfiction
eBook
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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Dover Publications : Made available through hoopla, 2012
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9780486143613 (electronic bk.) MWT11604551, 0486143619 (electronic bk.) 11604551
LANGUAGE
English
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A number of geometric constructions are impossible to complete with just a ruler and a compass. This book discusses the most famous of these "impossible" constructions. Part I explores ground rules, history, and angle trisection. Part II treats nonconstructible regular polygons and the algebra associated with them
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