Where can I learn more about geometric constructions using compass alone and straightedge alone?
If you want an actual proof, JSTOR (link below) can lead to you a somewhat simplified proof. (The original was rather complicated PLUS written in the style of 1797.) http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-9890(199410)101%3A8%3C784%3AASEPOT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-9 There are a number of math sites involving plane geometry and these constructions. http://www.cs.cas.cz/portal/AlgoMath/Geometry/PlaneGeometry/GeometricConstructions/MohrMascheroniTheorem.htm Have fun! Sources: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/MascheroniConstruction.html;http://mathcircle.berkeley.edu/BMC6/pdf0607/Masch
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