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A Greek cube-root device

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2016

V. G. Hart*
Affiliation:
Dept. of Mathematics, University of Queensland, Queensland 4067, Australia

Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1982

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