On the impossibility of one ruler-and compass construction

Authors

  • Vladimir Janković Faculty of Mathematics, Studentski trg 16, 11000 Beograd Author

Keywords:

Ruler-and-compass construction, cyclic polygon

Subjects:

51M15

Abstract

We study the problem to determine all integers n≥4 for which there exists the ruler-and-compass construction of the cyclic polygon whose sides are equal to n given segments. The impossibility of such construction for n=5 is proved.

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Published

1996-10-15

Issue

Vol. 48 No. 3–4 (1996): Vol. 48, Issue 3–4

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