The Problem of Squarable Lunes

DOI10.2307/2589121MaRDI QIDQ2757501zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Mikhail Mikhaĭlovich Postnikov

Publication date 26 November 2001

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.2307/2589121

zbMATH Keywords

commensurable angleGalois theoryHippocrates of Chiosluneruler-and-compass constructionsquare lune

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General histories, source books (01A05) Length, area and volume in real or complex geometry (51M25)

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