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* The constructible numbers are those numbers that can be constructed from a given unit length using straightedge and compass and their opposites.
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These include all quadratic surds, all rational numbers, and all numbers that can be formed from these using the basic arithmetic operations and the extraction of square roots.
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( Note that by designating cardinal directions for 1 ,-1,, and, complex numbers such as are considered constructible.
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