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92.54 ‘Look-see’ constructions of a regular pentagon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

Nick Lord
Nick Lord*
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Tonbridge School, Tonbridge TN9 1JP
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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 92 , Issue 524 , July 2008 , pp. 324 - 328
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