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A Method of Duplicating the Cube

by Edward V Graef and Edward V. Harris (San Diego State University)

This article originally appeared in:
Mathematics Magazine
January, 1982

Subject classification(s): Geometry and Topology
Applicable Course(s): 4.9 Geometry

The authors use analytic geometry to construct two curves and the bonus product is the duplication of a cube.


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