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These were all intended to be compass and straight edge constructions and all were found to be impossible to do in that way. The first was to divide a given angle (of no particular size) into three equal angles. It turned out to be impossible even though dividing the angle into two equal parts...

These were all intended to be compass and straight edge constructions and all were found to be impossible to do in that way. The first was to divide a given angle (of no particular size) into three equal angles. It turned out to be impossible even though dividing the angle into two equal parts...