An ancient elliptic locus

DOI10.4169/000298910X476068zbMATH Open1210.51010WikidataQ58189608 ScholiaQ58189608MaRDI QIDQ3060152FDOQ3060152

Authors: John E. Wetzel 

Publication date: 1 December 2010

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

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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)

Cited In (3)

• On Euler's synthetic demonstration of Pappus' construction of an ellipse from a pair of conjugate diameters
• A New Look at the So-Called Trammel of Archimedes
• On a problem of Croft on optimally nested regular polygons

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