On alternative proofs and other substitutions of proofs in Euclid's \textit{Elements}

DOI10.1007/s00407-004-0087-4zbMath1114.01003OpenAlexW2059765189MaRDI QIDQ1762835

Bernard Vitrac

Publication date: 11 February 2005

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-004-0087-4

zbMATH Keywords

ProclusEuclidElementsProofCommentators of Greek textsHero

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the Golden Age of Islam (01A30) History of mathematics in Late Antiquity and medieval Europe (01A35) History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20)

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Geometry and arithmetic in the medieval traditions of Euclid's \textit{Elements}: a view from Book II

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