E729 -- Dilucidationes super Problemate geometrico de quadrisectione trianguli a Iacobo Bernoulli olum tractato
Summary:
Euler gives an approximate solution to the problem of cutting a triangle into four equal parts using two perpendicular lines.
Publication:
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Originally published in Memoires de l'academie des sciences de St.-Petersbourg 1, 1809, pp. 26-48
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Opera Omnia: Series 1, Volume 26, pp. 286 - 303
Documents Available:
- Original publication: E729
- French translation (Guy Lobet): E729
- Guy Lobet has also provided a translator's introduction for E729 and E730 (French): Introduction
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