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Showing posts with label trisecting. Show all posts
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Sunday, December 1, 2013

The Three Geometric Problems of Greek Antiquity

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Labels: delian, duplicating the square, geometry, greek antiquity, squaring the circle, trisecting

Friday, November 29, 2013

Trisecting an Angle


This is my recent attempt at approximating the trisection of an angle. See links below for sketchpad file and excel spreadsheet. The real point to be made here is that this is proven to be impossible. So, why bother trying? 
Sketchpad  - Excel Spreadsheet


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Labels: geometry, trisecting
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