Construction of Regular Pentagon using Rusty Compass/Historical Note
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Historical Note on Construction of Regular Pentagon using Rusty Compass
This construction was discussed by Abu'l-Wafa Al-Buzjani in a work of his from the $10$th century.
Sources
- 1986: J.L. Berggren: Episodes in the Mathematics of Medieval Islam
- 1992: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Puzzles ... (previous) ... (next): Abul Wafa ($\text {940}$ – $\text {998}$): $45$