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'''Squaring the Circle''' refers to a classic mathematical challenge originated in [[Classical Antiquity|classical antiquity]]:  

'''Squaring the Circle''' refers to a classic mathematical challenge originated in [[Classical Antiquity|classical antiquity]]:  

:Construct a square equal in area to a circle using only a straightedge and compass.

:Construct a square equal in area to a circle using only a straightedge and compass.

This was one of the three geometric problems of antiquity, and was perhaps first attempted by [[Anaxagoras]]. It was finally proved to be an impossible problem when pi was proven to be transcendental by Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann in 1882.

This was one of the three geometric problems of antiquity, and was perhaps first attempted by [[Anaxagoras]]. It was finally proved to be an impossible problem when [[pi]] was proven to be transcendental by Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann in 1882.

The other two problems from antiquity are: <br> "'''Duplicating the cube'''"  

The other two problems from antiquity are: <br> "'''Duplicating the cube'''"