Angle trisection is a classical problem of straightedge and compass construction of ancient Greek mathematics. It concerns construction of an angle equal...

example, the angle 2π/5 radians (72° = 360°/5) can be trisected, but the angle of π/3 radians (60°) cannot be trisected. The general trisection problem is...

line in the adjacent diagram. Angle a (left of point B) is the subject of trisection. First, a point A is drawn at an angle's ray, one unit apart from B...

geometry, Morley's trisector theorem states that in any triangle, the three points of intersection of the adjacent angle trisectors form an equilateral...

\left[\arccos \left(x\right)/3\right]} is an algebraic function, equivalent to angle trisection. The distinction between the reducible and irreducible cubic cases...

inner loops of the limaçon trisectrix have angle trisection properties. Theoretically, an angle may be trisected using a method with either property, though...

Apollonius of Perga, a hyperbola can be used to trisect any angle, a well studied problem of geometry. Given an angle, first draw a circle centered at its vertex...

The tomahawk is a tool in geometry for angle trisection, the problem of splitting an angle into three equal parts. The boundaries of its shape include...

straightedge construction of angle trisection to the algebraic problem of solving a cubic equation, which allows one to prove that trisection is in general impossible...

Hippias of Elis, who used it around 420 BC in an attempt to solve the angle trisection problem, hence its name as a trisectrix. Later around 350 BC Dinostratus...

construction (without trisector) if and only if it has a rational root. This implies that the old problems of angle trisection and doubling the cube,...

a second real root. Angle trisection In this problem, from a given angle θ {\displaystyle \theta } , one should construct an angle θ / 3 {\displaystyle...

is also nine-sided. Palmanova in Italy. Enneagram (nonagram) Trisection of the angle 60°, Proximity construction Weisstein, Eric W. "Nonagon". MathWorld...

heptagram outline. Heptagram Polygon Gleason, Andrew Mattei (March 1988). "Angle trisection, the heptagon, and the triskaidecagon p. 186 (Fig.1) –187" (PDF). The...

origami in the kindergarten system. Row demonstrated an approximate trisection of angles and implied that the construction of a cube root was impossible....

{\overline {OA}}=12,} according to Andrew M. Gleason, based on the angle trisection by means of the Tomahawk (light blue). An approximate construction...

Journal de Mathématiques: 366–372. Gleason, Andrew Mattei (March 1988). "Angle trisection, the heptagon, p. 186 (Fig.1) –187" (PDF). The American Mathematical...

Irrational angle Phase (waves) Protractor Solid angle Spherical angle Subtended angle Tangential angle Transcendent angle Trisection Zenith angle This approach...

vertex of a triangle two cevians are drawn so as to trisect the angle (divide it into three equal angles), then the six cevians intersect in pairs to form...

2307/30037438. JSTOR 30037438. MR 2125383. Fuchs, Clemens (2011). "Angle trisection with origami and related topics". Elemente der Mathematik. 66 (3):...

fields with finitely many elements. The theory of fields proves that angle trisection and squaring the circle cannot be done with a compass and straightedge...

New York: Courier Dover Publications: 24 Gleason, Andrew M. (1988). "Angle trisection, the heptagon, and the triskaidecagon". American Mathematical Monthly...

difficulty or impossibility of solving certain geometric problems like trisection of an angle using ruler and compass only is the basis for the various protocols...

doi:10.5951/MT.58.5.0425. JSTOR 27957164. Gleason, Andrew M. (1988). "Angle trisection, the heptagon, and the triskaidecagon". American Mathematical Monthly...

and 2 n > k . {\displaystyle 2^{n}>k.} Gleason, Andrew M. (1988), "Angle trisection, the heptagon, and the triskaidecagon", American Mathematical Monthly...

and straightedge. However, it is constructible using neusis, or an angle trisection with a tomahawk. The following approximate construction is very similar...

asked. The arbitrary angle is not trisectable using traditional compass and straightedge rules, for example, but the trisection becomes constructible...

discusses solutions to three construction problems: doubling the cube, angle trisection, and squaring the circle. Book IV discusses classical geometry, which...

interior angle of the triangle OPR at O is one third of the triangle's exterior angle at R (see also angle trisection). In addition the interior angle at P...

German). 3. Göttingen: 170–186. Gleason, Andrew M. (March 1988). "Angle trisection, the heptagon, and the triskaidecagon". American Mathematical Monthly...