Book II of Euclid's elements and a pre-Eudoxan theory of ratio

DOI10.1007/BF00327868zbMath0443.01001MaRDI QIDQ1143999

D. H. Fowler

Publication date: 1980

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

zbMATH Keywords

Euclid's elementspre-Eudoxan theory of ratio

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20)

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• The method of analysis. Its geometrical origin and its general significance
• Die ersten vier Bücher der Elemente Euklids. Untersuchungen über den mathematischen Aufbau, die Zitierweise und die Entstehungsgeschichte
• Ratio in early Greek mathematics
• Archimedes' Neusis-Constructions in Spiral Lines
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