| dc.contributor.author | Kimuya, Alex M. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-01-16T13:28:39Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-02-06T14:01:22Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-01-16T13:28:39Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-02-06T14:01:22Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Alex, K. M. (2017). The Possibility of Angle Trisection (A Compass-Straightedge Construction), Journal of Mathematics and System Science. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://bit.ly/2McFvOb | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.must.ac.ke/handle/123456789/969 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The objective of this paper is to provide a provable solution of the ancient Greek problem of trisecting an arbitrary angle employing only compass and straightedge (ruler).(Pierre Laurent Wantzel, 1837) obscurely presented a proof based on ideas from Galois field showing that, the solution of angle trisection corresponds to solution of the cubic equation; 3− 3− 1= 0, which is geometrically irreducible [1]. The focus of this work is to show the possibility to solve the trisection of an angle by correcting some flawed methods meant for general construction of angles, and exemplify why the stated trisection impossible proof is not geometrically valid. The revealed proof is based on a concept from the Archimedes proposition of straightedge construction | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Journal of Mathematics and System Science | en_US |
| dc.subject | Angle trisection | en_US |
| dc.subject | Cubic equation | en_US |
| dc.subject | Plane geometry | en_US |
| dc.title | The Possibility of Angle Trisection (A Compass-Straightedge Construction) | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
