Exploring Classical Greek Construction Problems with Interactive Geometry Software

DOI10.1007/978-3-319-42863-5MaRDI QIDQ2829292zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ad Meskens, Paul Tytgat

Publication date 27 October 2016

Published in Compact Textbooks in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42863-5

zbMATH Keywords

Apollonius' problemArchimedean spiralconstructible numbersDelian problemDinostratus' quadratrixfirst Archimedian trisectionHippias of Elis' quadratrixHippocrates' lunesmechanical constructionsneusissquarable lunessquaring a cubetrisecting an angle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to geometry (51-01) History of geometry (51-03) Software, source code, etc. for problems pertaining to geometry (51-04) Geometric constructions in real or complex geometry (51M15)

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• On the use of the term diastēma in ancient Greek constructions.
• Uses of construction in problems and theorems in Euclid's \textit{Elements} I--VI
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• Exploring advanced Euclidean geometry with GeoGebra

Describes a project that uses

Uses Software

• Cinderella
• GeoGebra
• Geometer's Sketchpad

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