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The power of Archimedean spirals: is there an algebraic characterization of Archimedean numbers?
I asked this question over a year ago on Math.StackExchange but I didn't get an answer.
In his famous treatise On spirals, Archimedes used a spiral to square the circle and trisect an angle. There are ...
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Degrees of trigonometric numbers
For a rational number $r\in(0,1)$ the number $z=\sin(r\pi)$ is an algebraic number — such numbers appear to be called trigonometric numbers.
What is its degree?
That is, what is the minimal degree of ...