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Math Epitaph: Squaring the Circle

November 29, 2017Original blog post

Squaring the Circle (450 BC – 1882 CE): 'We really thought it might work.'

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017-11-29-epitaphs-in-the-graveyard-of-mathematics--math-epitaph-squaring-the-circle/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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Squaring the Circle (450 BC – 1882 CE): 'We really thought it might work.'

Topics
Geometry › Compass & Straightedge › Squaring the CircleNumber & Arithmetic › Pi
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