L'hyperbole pour construire l'heptagone et trisecter l'angle
L'hyperbole, outil de l'impossible
L'hyperbole permet aussi de construire l'heptagone régulier et de trisecter l'angle, des problèmes impossibles à la règle et au compas.

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L'hyperbole permet aussi de construire l'heptagone régulier et de trisecter l'angle, des problèmes impossibles à la règle et au compas.

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Every regular curve is the envelope of all its tangent lines. For conics, these tangent lines are particularly easy to construct geometrically, making it possible to produce them by folding.
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