Tales of impossibility. The 2000-year quest to solve the mathematical problems of antiquity

DOI10.1515/9780691194233MaRDI QIDQ5228675zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors David S. Richeson

Publication date 12 August 2019

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691194233

zbMATH Keywords

classical geometric construction problems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to history and biography (01-02) General histories, source books (01A05) History of field theory (12-03)

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