2000 years unsolved: Why is doubling cubes and squaring circles impossible?

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Created 2019-06-19

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Today's video is about the resolution of four problems that remained open for over 2000 years from when they were first puzzled over in ancient Greece: Is it possible, just using an ideal mathematical ruler and an ideal mathematical compass, to double cubes, trisect angles, construct regular heptagons, or to square circles?

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discusses Straightedge and compass construction

Straightedge and compass construction, also known as ruler-and-compass construction or classical cons...

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