The Record
Margherita Piazzolla Beloch
1879–1976
Cited on every fold as:
Beloch, M. P. (1936)Showed in 1936 that a single fold can produce a length compass and straightedge cannot — solving, with paper, a problem that had stood since antiquity. Her result predates the axiom lists that later described the same power, and it is routinely left out of the textbooks.
Source: Beloch, M. P. (1936). Related axiom systems: Justin, J. (1986); Huzita, H. (1989). See also «Beyond compass and ruler» in the Library. ↗