Talk:Menaechmus

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[edit] s/trisectrix/quadratrix/

I've changed the curve name used by Dinostratus as per the subject. (Sorry for assuming a nonsense --- should have looked into the history before that comment.) Nevertheless, I'm doing this as per the MacTutor bio, which is not always the most accurate source of the things. Where did the trisectrix come from in your edit? --BACbKA 23:32, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

I got that from the Britannica entry:

"According to the philosopher Proclus (c. 410–485), Menaechmus's brother Dinostratus gained fame as a mathematician for discovering how the trisectrix, a curve first invented for trisecting the angle, could be used to construct a square equal in area to a given circle."

--maru (talk) Contribs 01:07, 6 January 2006 (UTC)