Bernoulli quadrisection problem
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In geometry, the Bernoulli quadrisection problem is that of finding two perpendicular line that divide a specified triangle into four regions of equal areas. Its solution by Jacob Bernoulli was published in 1687.[1] [2]
Notes and references
- ^ Jacob Bernoulli, "Solutio algebraica problematis de quadrisectione trianguli scaleni, per duas normales rectas," Collected Works, No. XXIX, (1687) 228–335;.
- ^ Carl Eberhart, "Revisiting the Quadrisection Problem of Jacob Bernoulli," Forum Geometricorum, Volume 18 (2018) 7–16.