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"Match-Stick" Geometry

Article by T.R. Dawson
  • Published in 1939
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The following paper arose out of an attempt to improve upon the familiar "match puzzles" one sees in the popular press and which are generally too puerile to be interesting. Following some desultory experiments, it developed that the methods of constructions postulated are capable of determining all points obtainable with ruler and compass, but no others.

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key
MatchStickGeometry
type
article
date_added
2020-12-20
date_published
1939-03-14
doi
10.2307/3607531

BibTeX entry

@article{MatchStickGeometry,
	key = {MatchStickGeometry},
	type = {article},
	title = {"Match-Stick" Geometry},
	author = {T.R. Dawson},
	abstract = {The following paper arose out of an attempt to improve upon the familiar "match puzzles" one sees in the popular press and which are generally too puerile to be interesting. Following some desultory experiments, it developed that the methods of constructions postulated are capable of determining all points obtainable with ruler and compass, but no others.},
	comment = {},
	date_added = {2020-12-20},
	date_published = {1939-03-14},
	urls = {https://www.jstor.org/stable/3607531?seq=1{\#}metadata{\_}info{\_}tab{\_}contents,https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/mathematical-gazette/article/abs/matchstick-geometry/7E1F1089E56A1C1EDA907BC95BF59129},
	collections = {about-proof,easily-explained,fun-maths-facts,geometry,things-to-make-and-do},
	url = {https://www.jstor.org/stable/3607531?seq=1{\#}metadata{\_}info{\_}tab{\_}contents https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/mathematical-gazette/article/abs/matchstick-geometry/7E1F1089E56A1C1EDA907BC95BF59129},
	year = 1939,
	urldate = {2020-12-20},
	doi = {10.2307/3607531}
}