The Algebra of Geometric Impossibility: Descartes and Montucla on the Impossibility of the Duplication of the Cube and the Trisection of the Angle (Q3563629)
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| English | The Algebra of Geometric Impossibility: Descartes and Montucla on the Impossibility of the Duplication of the Cube and the Trisection of the Angle |
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The Algebra of Geometric Impossibility: Descartes and Montucla on the Impossibility of the Duplication of the Cube and the Trisection of the Angle (English)
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31 May 2010
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duplication of the cube
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trisection of the angle
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ruler and compass constructions
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history of mathematics of the 17th and 18th century
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Pierre Wantzel
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Nicolas de Condorcet
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