squaring the circle

Summary

squaring the circle is a mathematical problem^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of mathematical_problem entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (418 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• squaring the circle's image is recorded as Finé, Oronce – Quadratura circuli, 1544 – BEIC 99133.jpg^[3].
• squaring the circle's image is recorded as Squaring the circle.svg^[4].
• squaring the circle's instance of is recorded as mathematical problem^[5].
• squaring the circle's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85026063^[6].
• squaring the circle's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 120433809^[7].
• squaring the circle's part of is recorded as Mathematical problems of the classical antiquity^[8].
• squaring the circle's Commons category is recorded as Squaring the circle^[9].
• squaring the circle's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 38080^[10].
• squaring the circle's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01clw7^[11].
• squaring the circle's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Squaring the circle^[12].
• squaring the circle's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 516.204^[13].
• squaring the circle's Theatricalia play ID is recorded as 3f8^[14].
• squaring the circle's Iconclass notation is recorded as 49D362^[15].
• squaring the circle's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0204792^[16].
• squaring the circle's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0168220^[17].
• squaring the circle's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8^[18].
• squaring the circle's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[19].
• squaring the circle's National Library of Latvia ID is recorded as 000365470^[20].
• squaring the circle's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/squaring-the-circle-geometry^[21].
• squaring the circle's MathWorld ID is recorded as CircleSquaring^[22].
• squaring the circle's BDCYL authority ID is recorded as 2749^[23].
• squaring the circle's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as sirkelens_kvadratur^[24].
• squaring the circle's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics^[25].
• squaring the circle's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 26969936^[26].
• squaring the circle's ProofWiki ID is recorded as Squaring_the_Circle^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for squaring the circle include La Quadrature du Net^[28], a nonprofit organization^[29], in France^[30], founded in 2008^[31], headquartered in 20th arrondissement of Paris^[32].

Why It Matters

squaring the circle ranks in the top 5% of mathematical_problem entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (418 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

Entities named for it include La Quadrature du Net^[28], a nonprofit organization^[29], in France^[30], founded in 2008^[31], headquartered in 20th arrondissement of Paris^[32].