Delta-K,  Historical Corner,  Volume 39, Issue 1

Unsolvable Problems: Doubling the Cube

Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association

Volume 39 Issue 1, January 2002

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Unsolvable Problems: Doubling the Cube

Klaus Puhlmann

Doubling the cube, often referred to as duplicating the cube, involves finding (using only straightedge and compass) the edge of a cube whose volume is twice that of a given cube.