An ancient elliptic locus

DOI10.4169/000298910X476068MaRDI QIDQ3060152zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors John E. Wetzel

Publication date 1 December 2010

Published in The American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

van Schooten's theoremelliptic compasselliptic locustrammel of Archimedes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) Elementary problems in Euclidean geometries (51M04) Geometric constructions in real or complex geometry (51M15)

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