THE following discussion gives simple methods of directly trisecting angles which do not exceed 180°. The relations on which the methods are based, hold, however, up to 270°, but it would be difficult ...

Undaunted by the fact that mathematicians have slaved for centuries over the problem of trisecting an angle, Harvey "Scott" Sleeper '42, of Eliot House pondered about it in his spare time and has at ...

This is the season for trisecting angles and other such exercises. This is how you do it: Construct an angle, any angle. Bisect it. At a point, any point, on the line of bisection, draw lines to sides ...

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