Unpublished paper, 'Trisection of any angle by means of a peculiar curve' by Alfred Burton
Reference number: AP/16/4
Date: 1831
Description
Burton proposes an algebraic solution for the angle trisection problem. Includes three figures in the text. The paper is marked as 'not of sufficient importance to be read' by its recipient.
Subject: Mathematics / Geometry / Trigonometry
Received 2 March 1831.
- Reference number
- AP/16/4
- Earliest possible date
- 1831
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Unpublished paper, 'Trisection of any angle by means of a peculiar curve' by Alfred Burton, 1831, AP/16/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_16_4/unpublished-paper-trisection-of-any-angle-by-means-of-a-peculiar-curve-by-alfred-burton, accessed on 07 October 2024
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Archived papers: volume 16, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1831-1836
1831-1836 Reference number: AP/16
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