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doubling the cube

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doubling the cube

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Also known as Delian problem, the Delian problem, duplication of the cube

geometric problem of constructing a cube with twice the volume of a given cube

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Encyclopedic overview

A unit cube (side = 1) and a cube with twice the volume (side =

2

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