
Publication details
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Place: Basel
Year: 2018
Pages: 1-28
Series: Science Networks
ISBN (Hardback): 9783319724867
Full citation:
, "Introduction", in: A history of folding in mathematics, Basel, Birkhäuser, 2018
Abstract
Since Antiquity, and initially in ancient Greece, solutions have been sought for the following three problems, using only compass and straightedge: (1) the squaring of the circle: construct a square equal in area to a circle; (2) the duplication of the cube: given a cube, construct the edge of a second cube whose volume is double that of the first; (3) the trisection of an angle: divide an arbitrary angle into three equal angles.
Publication details
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Place: Basel
Year: 2018
Pages: 1-28
Series: Science Networks
ISBN (Hardback): 9783319724867
Full citation:
, "Introduction", in: A history of folding in mathematics, Basel, Birkhäuser, 2018