Re: Geometry Utility, drawing technique
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- Subject: [mg30789] Re: Geometry Utility, drawing technique
- From: gah at math.umd.edu (Garry Helzer)
- Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 00:16:28 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: University of Maryland
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In 1991 or 1992 (Mathematica version 1.?) I wrote a package to do this sort of thing and put it into MathSource. I suppose that it is still there. The package is described in The Mathematica Journal, Volume 2, Issue 3 pp. 61--69. The name of the package is CompassAndStraightEdge.m In article <9ncfo9$pso$1 at smc.vnet.net>, "Allan Hayes" <hay at haystack.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Matthias, > admit that there is something that Mathematica is unsuitable for, but > introducing children to elementary straight edge and compass geometry is I > think one such thing . . . > Allan > --------------------- > > Dear Colleagues, > > > > my son is doing elementary geometry (compasses and straightedge/ruler) at > > school. To get a nice drawing of a construction I determine the analytical > > solutions for the points of . . . > > Matthias Bode