Is Napoleon's theorem really Napoleon's theorem?

American Mathematical Monthly

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 495-501

  Grünbaum, Branko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 84863909272     PISSN: 00029890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4169/amer.math.monthly.119.06.495     Document Type: Article

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