Working with trivial authors (Q2774417)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1713650
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1713650 |
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27 January 2003
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Working with trivial authors (English)
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In these `Reflections on' \textit{S. Cuomo} [Pappus of Alexandria and the Mathematics of Late Antiquity. New York, Cambridge Univ. Press (2000; Zbl 0980.01004)] the author discusses mainly the chapter concerning Book V of Pappus' Collection [cf. \textit{F. Hultsch}, Pappi Alexandrini Collectiones quae supersunt\dots 3 Vols. (Berlin, Weidmann) (1876-1878; JFM 08.0005.01); a French translation was given by \textit{Paul Ver Eecke}, Pappus d'Alexandrie: La Collection Mathématique. 2 Vols. (Paris, Bruges, Desclée de Brouwer) (1933); a summary was given by \textit{Thomas Heath} in Vol. 2, 357-439 of `A history of Greek mathematics'. 2 Vols. Oxford, Oxford Univ. Press (1921, JFM 48.0046.01).
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