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Constructions in Geometry. What is Legitimate?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2016

C. Godfrey
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Construction. As we depart widely from Euclid’s ideas in the proofs of Stage B, it seems to be thought by many people that go-as-you-please methods are good enough for constructions as well. Now, “trial” methods of construction are sometimes useful in more advanced work ; but they are tolerated only when a geometrical method is impossible ; they are means to get a solution, but there is no instruction to be had from such a method. We would therefore urge that a certain severity be still maintained in problems of construction.

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Research Article
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 12 , Issue 169 , March 1924 , pp. 51 - 52
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Copyright © Mathematical Association 1924

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