Newton quadrilaterals, trisection of an angle, cubic equations, solution in square radicals, regular polygons
Abstract
This article discusses the possibility of constructing with a quadrilateral inscribed in a semicircle a ruler and compass. It shows that the problem of constructing an isosceles triangle from its three bisectors is equivalent to the trisection of an angle. Examples are given of parametric families of equations of the third and sixth degree, for which all roots are expressed through square radicals. A condition is identified under which a sixth-degree polynomial is factorized by third-degree polynomials in canonical form. All the factorizations are valid for polynomials with arbitrary complex coefficients.
Author Biographies
Nikolay Stepanovich Astapov, Lavrentyev Institute of Hydrodynamics SB RAS, Novosibirsk
Cand. Sc. (Physics and Mathematics), Associate Professor, Senior Staff Scientist
Natal'ya Konstantinovna Noland, Lavrentyev Institute of Hydrodynamics SB RAS, Novosibirsk
