陶哲轩博客写数学问题时，通常先把对象定义清楚，再给直觉、反例和证明轮廓。把「A geometric proof of the impossibility of angle trisection by straightedge and compass」改写成可阅读的中文笔记，重点是：问题在问什么、已知到哪一步、下一步最容易走偏在哪。原站广告、分享条和导航已去掉。

问题在问什么

One of the most well known problems from ancient Greek mathematics was that of trisecting an angle by straightedge and compass , which was eventually proven impossible in 1837 by Pierre Wantzel, using methods from Galois theory.

Formally, one can set up the problem as follows. Define a configuration to be a finite collection of points, lines, and circles in the Euclidean plane. Define a construction step to be one of the following operations to enlarge the collection :

已知结果和反例

We say that a point, line, or circle is constructible by straightedge and compass from a configuration if it can be obtained from after applying a finite number of construction steps.

Problem 1 (Angle trisection) Let be distinct points in the plane. Is it always possible to construct by straightedge and compass from a line through that trisects the angle , in the sense that the angle between and is one third of the angle of ?

证明或构造的主线

Thanks to Wantzel’s result, the answer to this problem is known to be “no” in general; a generic angle cannot be trisected by straightedge and compass. (On the other hand, some special angles can certainly be trisected by straightedge and compass, such as a right angle. Also, one can certainly trisect generic angles using other methods than straightedge and compass; see the Wikipedia page on angle trisection for some examples of this.)

The impossibility of angle trisection stands in sharp contrast to the easy construction of angle bisection via straightedge and compass, which we briefly review as follows:

阅读时建议盯住的点

The key difference between angle trisection and angle bisection ultimately boils down to the following trivial number-theoretic fact:

Lemma 2 There is no power of that is evenly divisible by .

值得单独记下的条目

• (Straightedge) Given two distinct points in , form the line that connects and , and add it to .
• (Compass) Given two distinct points in , and given a third point in (which may or may not equal or ), form the circle with centre and radius equal to the length of the line segment joining and , and add it to .
• (Intersection) Given two distinct curves in (thus is either a line or a circle in , and similarly for ), select a point that is common to both and (there are at most two such points), and add it to .
• Start with three points .
• Form the circle with centre and radius , and intersect it with the line . Let be the point in this intersection that lies on the same side of as . ( may well be equal to ).
• Form the circle with centre and radius , and the circle with centre and radius . Let be the point of intersection of and that is not .
• The line will then bisect the angle .
• Start with three points .

阅读和落地时建议先做的 5 件事

1. 用自己的语言重写定义和结论，不看原文能不能说清对象是什么。
2. 找一个最小反例或边界情形，确认假设少一条会怎样。
3. 把证明拆成可独立检验的引理，每步只保留一个新想法。
4. 若涉及计算或形式化，先写可复现的小例子，再谈一般情形。
5. 记下尚未解决的缺口：缺估计、缺构造，还是缺正确的范畴。

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