What is ancient mathematics? (Q5949235)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1674306
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1674306 |
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What is ancient mathematics? (English)
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18 November 2001
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An example of ancient mathematics (the area of a spiral) is mentioned by using techniques from Archimedes' paper ''The method''. Further a number of related exercises (with answers) are proposed and inaccuracies and misconceptions written about the history of Greek mathematics are pointed out. The aarticle also provides a modern translation of the main result proved in the paper.
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