The role of geometrical construction in Theodosius's \textit{Spherics}

DOI10.1007/s00407-009-0045-2zbMath1204.01007OpenAlexW2071143810MaRDI QIDQ1039927

Nathan Sidoli, Ken Saito

Publication date: 23 November 2009

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-009-0045-2

zbMATH Keywords

problemsancient Greek mathematicsconstructionsphericsTheodosiusancient Greek geometrical

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20)

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