15 Apr
2010
15 Apr
'10
9:59 a.m.
Nicely done --- but I think I'll stick to trig functions. It said in a book (I know not what) that some XIX-th century hero attacked the construction of the regular 65537-gon; apparently "His manuscript is preserved in the University of Goettingen." Just a thought ... WFL On 4/15/10, Thane Plambeck <tplambeck@gmail.com> wrote:
this appeared on the wikipedia a few weeks ago, it looks like
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Regular_Heptadecagon_Inscribed_in_a_Circle...
-- Thane Plambeck tplambeck@gmail.com http://thaneplambeck.typepad.com/
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