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            A Study of Two Classic Methods of Approximate Construction of Regular Polygons by Using Mathematica
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            The authors use Mathematica to illustrate two classic methods for the approximate construction of regular polygons: the method of Archimedes and the method of Bardin, making a comparative study of the errors of both methods. They also include an algorithm, coded in Mathematica 4.0, for the animation of both methods.
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