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Rectangle SquaringGiven a Rectangle , draw on an extension of . Bisect and call the Midpoint . Now draw a Semicircle centered at , and construct the extension of which passes through theSemicircle at . Then has the same Area as . This can be shown as follows:
References
Dunham, W. ``Hippocrates' Quadrature of the Lune.'' Ch. 1 in Journey Through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics. New York: Wiley, pp. 13-14, 1990.
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