The equiangular compass

DOI10.1007/S00283-012-9308-XMaRDI QIDQ1935362zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors P. Milici, Robert Dawson

Publication date 15 February 2013

Published in The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-012-9308-x

zbMATH Keywords

equiangular compass

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric constructions in real or complex geometry (51M15)

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