Binary surprise

2 · John Cook · Oct. 19, 2019, 9:16 p.m.
Summary
As mentioned in the previous post, the Gauss-Wantzel theorem says you can construct a regular n-gon with a straight edge and compass if and only if n has the form 2k F where k is a non-negative integer and F is a product of distinct Fermat primes. Let’s look at the binary representation of these […]...