Euclid's book on divisions of figures: a conjecture as to its origin (Q2271769)
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Euclid's book on divisions of figures: a conjecture as to its origin (English)
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4 August 2009
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The paper deals with a diagram engraved on the reverse of a Greek coin of Aegina of the 5-th century b.C., and tries to interpret it as the problem of the division of a square into five equal parts by means of straight lines passing through a point on the diagonal.
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division of figures
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Euclid
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coin
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