User talk:Silvery

Circle squaring
I like the material you added to Squaring the circle, but I have two comments. First, it begins noting that Dodgson "also" was interested in debunking circle-squarers, but this seems to be dangling. Are you refering to other interests of Dodgson, or to other people who expressed such interest? In the first case, this is irrelevant to that page, in the second, none are mentioned as of yet. Second: I am skeptical of its placement in the "History" section. The section discusses the problems and attempts at solutions, and ended with a mention of the proof of impossibility; the material on debunking seems out of place there. I'm not sure where to put it, mind you. Perhaps a new section or a subsection within History, adding something about De Morgan and/or others... Magidin (talk) 21:21, 12 January 2009 (UTC)


 * I'm guilty of not making this as clear as it should have been! I should have written that he "also" apparently had some sort of logical proof of impossibility, and as evidence of that, he wanted to publish a tract to explain it to people who were convinced otherwise. Perhaps it could be stated that many subsequent mathematicians knew that squaring the circle could not be possible due to the nature of Pi, and for example, Charles L. Dodgson lamented being unable to convince amateur mathematicians of its invincibility.


 * The problem is not unlike that of the notion of a perpetual motion machine: no matter how you try to explain to people that perpetual motion cannot occur due to the law of conservation of energy (to say the least), there are some who insist that it could be accomplished.


 * I think it does belong in the History section, if the history is to provide historical overview of the concept. Dodgson was notable, and I think his mentions and interest in Squaring the Circle are also worthy of mention. However, if the history was intended to only cover notable solutions/debunkings, then you're right and the mention of Dodgson should be shifted elsewhere. Perhaps to a new section for mentions of Squaring the Circle in popular culture?
 * Silver (talk) 19:59, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

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