squaring the circle
31Indiana Pi Bill — The Indiana Pi Bill is the popular name for bill #246 of the 1897 sitting of the Indiana General Assembly, which is one of the most famous attempts to establish scientific truth by legislative fiat. Despite its popular name, the main result… …
32Angle trisection — The problem of trisecting the angle is a classic problem of compass and straightedge constructions of ancient Greek mathematics.Two tools are allowed # An un marked straightedge, and # a compass, Problem: construct an angle one third a given… …
33Shulba Sutras — The Shulba Sutras or Śulbasūtras (Sanskrit śulba: string, cord, rope ) are sutra texts belonging to the Śrauta ritual and containing geometry related to fire altar construction. Contents 1 Purpose and origins 2 Mathematics …
34Chronology of computation of π — The table below is a brief chronology of computed numerical values of, or bounds on, the mathematical constant pi (π). See the history of numerical approximations of pi for explanations, comments and details concerning some of the calculations… …
35Hermetic Journal — The Hermetic Journal started out as a quarterly journal dedicated to the hermetic tradition, edited by Adam McLean. The first issue was released in August 1978 and publication continued until 1992.The Hermetic Journal explored alchemy and… …
36Archimedean spiral — The Archimedean spiral (also known as the arithmetic spiral) is a spiral named after the 3rd century BC Greek mathematician Archimedes. It is the locus of points corresponding to the locations over time of a point moving away from a fixed point… …
37List of Edgemont episodes — The following is a list of episodes for the CBC original series, Edgemont. The series started on January 4, 2001 and concluded its fifth and final season on July 21, 2005 Contents 1 Series overview 2 Episodes 2.1 Season 1: Spring 2001 …
38Compass and straightedge constructions — Creating a regular hexagon with a ruler and compass Construction of a regular pentagon Compass and straightedge or ruler and compass construction is the construction of lengths, angl …
39Pi — This article is about the number. For the Greek letter, see Pi (letter). For other uses, see Pi (disambiguation). The circumference of a ci …
40Dinostratus — (Greek: Δεινόστρατος, c. 390 BCE – c. 320 BCE) was a Greek mathematician and geometer, and the brother of Menaechmus. He is known for using the quadratrix to solve the problem of squaring the circle. Contents 1 Life and work 2 Citations and… …
