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Image: Hipocrat arcs

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Description: Partial solution of the "Squaring the circle" task, suggested by Hipokrat. The area of the shaded figure is equal to the area of the triangle ABC. This is not a complete solution of the task (the complete solution is proven to be impossible).
Title: Hipocrat arcs
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Author: No machine-readable author provided. Audriusa assumed (based on copyright claims).
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
License: CC-BY-SA-3.0
License Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
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