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arxiv: 1503.00566 · v1 · pith:3UYSQBH3new · submitted 2015-02-27 · 🧮 math.NT

N-Division Points of Hypocycloids

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keywords divisionpointshypocycloidsconstructiblehypocycloidpre-drawntricuspoidcase
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We show that the $n$-division points of all rational hypocycloids are constructible with an unmarked straightedge and compass for all integers $n$, given a pre-drawn hypocycloid. We also consider the question of constructibility of $n$-division points of hypocycloids without a pre-drawn hypocycloid in the case of a tricuspoid, concluding that only the $1$, $2$, $3$, and $6$-division points of a tricuspoid are constructible in this manner.

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