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To: NicknamedBob
LOL!

But don't blame him for the angle problem. Euclid was the one who made up the rules.

Damn.. I knew I named the wrong fella, I was just gonna say 'Ancient Greeks'! :-P

1,638 posted on 01/12/2007 2:39:39 PM PST by Irish_Thatcherite (A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!|What if I lecture Americans about America?)
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To: Irish_Thatcherite
We trisect angles all the time. Even pizza cutters can do it.

The difficulty is "proving" it, especially under the rules. Supposedly, it has been "proven" impossible.

Now, I know about the Seven Bridges of Königsberg. That's obviously impossible, and easily proven to be so, but how do you prove that the angle can't be trisected?

1,639 posted on 01/12/2007 2:51:06 PM PST by NicknamedBob (My tuner doesn't have good taste the way it used to!)
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