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Re:Beware of Cranks: Misguided attempts to solve impossible ... by kryptn on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @05:49PM (#21208519)
While dividing by three is easy, dividing an angle by three with just a compass and a straight edge is impossible. Numberphile[1] did a video on this a few years ago

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Lm9EHhbJAY (Euclid's Big Problem - Numberphile)

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