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    Angle Trisection

    Statement

    The angle trisection problem asks for the division of an arbitrary angle into three equal angles using only a straightedge and compass.

    Solution

    No such construction is possible.

    History

    status | proved impossible proof date | 1836 (190 years ago) prover | Pierre Laurent Wantzel