Timeline for Why does inconstructibility of $\sqrt[3]{2}$ imply impossibility of cube doubling?
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| Feb 9, 2015 at 6:59 | comment | added | Lior Bary-Soroker | At some point, following a course in basic Galois theory, I bought a compass and ruler and started to draw things I could prove are constructible | |
| Feb 8, 2015 at 22:31 | comment | added | José Figueroa-O'Farrill | @GHfromMO: I wholeheartedly agree with you that they are cool tools: euclidthegame.com :) | |
| Feb 8, 2015 at 21:42 | comment | added | GH from MO | This resonates with my comment above. On the other hand, I think straight edge and compass are cool tools even in the modern world, and every student should care about them! | |
| Feb 8, 2015 at 21:39 | history | answered | David E Speyer | CC BY-SA 3.0 |