Doubling the Cube

[shahar]

I search information about Eratosthenes solution to Dubling the Cube Problem but every page I see demand a fee to see all the information.
Can you give me a link to page in simple English that explain it? (A free website.. )

 

[pka]

I search information about Eratosthenes solution to Dubling the Cube Problem but every page I see demand a fee to see all the information.
Can you give me a link to page in simple English that explain it? (A free website.. )

Is this what you mean?

 

[shahar]

Y

Is this what you mean?

Yes I know what the doubling the cube means.
I ask for specific information about the Anicent Greek mathematican Eratosthenes Proof Solution . What his solution to the problem?

 

[topsquark]

Y

Yes I know what the doubling the cube means.
I ask for specific information about the Anicent Greek mathematican Eratosthenes Proof Solution . What his solution to the problem?

See here.

-Dan

 

[JeffM]

Y

Yes I know what the doubling the cube means.
I ask for specific information about the Anicent Greek mathematican Eratosthenes Proof Solution . What his solution to the problem?

There cannot be a valid proof of the proposition using a collapsible compass and straight edge. What Erastothenes did was to construct a device that ideally would work. That is explained here

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eratosthenes