LEMOINE, ÈMILE.

De la mesure de la simplicité dans les constructions géométriques.

(Paris, Gauthier-Villars), 1888. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", Tome 107, No 3. Pp. (157-) 199. (Entire issue offered). Lemoine's paper: pp. 169-171.

First appearance of the paper in which Lemoigne "assigns a measure of simplicity to geometrical constructions, based on the number of times each of the five elementary operations (such as placing one end of a compass on a given point) is employed." (Parkinson "Breakthroughs" 1888 M

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