IJPAM: Volume 82, No. 5 (2013)
GAUSS' METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING
A REGULAR HEPTADECAGON
A REGULAR HEPTADECAGON
Yutaka Nishiyama
Department of Business Information
Faculty of Information Management
Osaka University of Economics
2, Osumi Higashiyodogawa Osaka, 533-8533, JAPAN
Department of Business Information
Faculty of Information Management
Osaka University of Economics
2, Osumi Higashiyodogawa Osaka, 533-8533, JAPAN
Abstract. This article explains how to construct a regular heptadecagon according to the theory of cyclotonic equations which was discovered by Gauss in 1796. The author also shows how to construct any root or fraction.
Received: October 13, 2012
AMS Subject Classification: 20A02, 00A09, 97A20
Key Words and Phrases: constructing a regular heptadecagon, theory of cyclotonic equations, modulo, prime number and primitive root, Constructing roots and fractions
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DOI: 10.12732/ijpam.v82i5.3 How to cite this paper?
Source: International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics
ISSN printed version: 1311-8080
ISSN on-line version: 1314-3395
Year: 2013
Volume: 82
Issue: 5
