• mozz@mbin.grits.dev
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      10 months ago

      Specifically this part:

      it is naturally understood that circles and their arcs cannot be drawn without the compass

      Some straight-line constructions, you might or might not need a compass to locate properly in order to draw them. But as the tools are usually defined for these kinds of constructions, actually drawing the circle without a compass is not possible.

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        10 months ago

        Well. If you can find the center of the inscribed circle and its tangent points on the triangle, that might be what OP wanted.