Reflections on the Arbelos
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1. INTRODUCTION. Written in block capitals on lined paper, the letter bore a postmark from a Northeastern seaport. " I have a problem that I would like to solve, " the letter began, " but unfortunately I cannot. I dropped out from 2nd year high school, and this problem is too tough for me. " There followed the diagram shown in Figure 1 along with the statement of the problem: to prove that the line segment DE has the same length as the line segment AB.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The American Mathematical Monthly
دوره 113 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006