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    Circle Squaring

    Statement

    The circle squaring problem asks for the geometric construction of a square with area equal to that of a given circle using only a straightedge and compass.

    Solution

    No such construction is possible.

    History

    formulators | Anaxagoras | Oenopides status | proved impossible proof date | 1882 (142 years ago) prover | Ferdinand von Lindemann

    Classes

    mathematical problems | solved mathematics problems | unsolvable mathematics problems

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