On a Geometry Problem in Plato’s Meno

DOI10.1080/00029890.2023.2284634MaRDI QIDQ6124349zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors John G. Ratcliffe, S. Tschantz

Publication date 27 March 2024

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1080/00029890.2023.2284634

zbMATH Keywords

isosceles trianglePlato's Meno

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric constructions in real or complex geometry (51M15)

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