On the Impossibility of Ruler-Only Constructions

DOI10.2307/2047751zbMATH Open0714.51008OpenAlexW4253991593MaRDI QIDQ3200142FDOQ3200142

Authors: F. A. Bostock, Victor J. Baston 

Publication date: 1990

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2047751

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zbMATH Keywords

geometric constructionconstruction with ruler and compass

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric constructions in real or complex geometry (51M15)

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