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From: hollombe@ttidca.TTI.COM (The Polymath)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: More on tri vs. bi
Message-ID: <4704@ttidca.TTI.COM>
Date: 6 Jul 89 00:59:22 GMT
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In article <4859@ficc.uu.net> jeffd@ficc.uu.net (jeff daiell) writes:
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}I've been following the discussion of trinary computers,
}which brought to mind another question: has anyone ever
}succeeded in trisecting an angle?  

The ancient Egyptians worked out a method called the "conchoid"
(pronounced "KONKoyd").  However, it isn't considered clean or elegant
enough to qualify.  Apart from that, no, it's never been done. (I recall
hearing of a proof that it's impossible, but that may just be my aging
neurons mis-firing. (-: ).

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