alleryWho first published the impossibility proof of classical angle trisection, in 1837?
AUnderwood Dudley
BEvariste Galois
CPierre Wantzel
DArchimedes
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Pierre Wantzel
1. Pierre Wantzel published the proof in 1837.
2. He did so before Galois's work was published in 1846.
3. Underwood Dudley only wrote about failed trisection attempts.
_Source: Wikipedia, Angle trisection, section Proof of impossibility_
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