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Euclid's Big Problem - Numberphile

2014-12-12

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Trisecting angles and calculating cube roots was a big problem for Euclid and his cohorts. Discussed by Zsuzsanna Dancso at MSRI.

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TRISECT WITH ORIGAMI: /youtube/video/SL2lYcggGpc

CIRCLE THE SQUARE: /youtube/video/CMP9a2J4Bqw

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