On the use of the term diastēma in ancient Greek constructions.

DOI10.1016/j.hm.2003.08.003zbMath1102.01005OpenAlexW2014187345MaRDI QIDQ1427532

Nathan Sidoli

Publication date: 14 March 2004

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2003.08.003

zbMATH Keywords

EuclidArchimedesAutolycusTheodosiusConstructionRadiusDiastēma

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20)

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Cites Work

• Textual note on (problem of) geometric locus in the \textit{Meteorologica} of Aristotle (III. 5, 375 b 16 -- 376 b 22)
• Did Euclid's circles have two kinds of radius?
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