Timeline for Neusis constructions
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| Oct 4 at 16:25 | comment | added | Oscar Lanzi | Depending on what objects are alliwed for the verging (just lines ir also circles?) neusis may go beyond what is described here. Other answers explore this extension. | |
| Jul 16, 2010 at 3:49 | vote | accept | CommunityBot | ||
| Jul 16, 2010 at 1:46 | comment | added | John Stillwell | Gerry, yes it is. In fact, Alperin cites this paper. | |
| Jul 16, 2010 at 1:14 | comment | added | Gerry Myerson | This would seem to be the same as the set of "conic-constructible" numbers, as per Videla, On points constructible from conics, Math Intelligencer 19 (1997) 53-57. | |
| Jul 15, 2010 at 3:41 | history | answered | John Stillwell | CC BY-SA 2.5 |