Re: angle trisection

Posted by Snake on April 02, 1999 at 19:33:01:

In Reply to: Re: angle trisection posted by Fin on April 02, 1999 at 19:19:02:

> When you say instrument do you mean it in the concrete sense, a handheld apparatus, or do you just mean an abstract method?

Good question. For if, willy, you are looking for a method to trisect an angle using principles of Geometry, a compass, and a straight edge only, I can asure you, as a Mathematician, that is impossible, and was proven so long ago.

Did you know that, and are you speaking metaphorically here?

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