Ptolemy and Maslama on the transformation of circles into circles in stereographic projection

DOI10.1007/BF00376093zbMath0838.01004MaRDI QIDQ1907217

R. P. Lorch

Publication date: 5 March 1996

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

zbMATH Keywords

circle propertystereographic circle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the Golden Age of Islam (01A30) Geodesy, mapping problems (86A30) History of relativity and gravitational theory (83-03) History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) History of geometry (51-03)

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• Ptolemy's maps of Earth and the heavens: a new interpretation
• A History of Ancient Mathematical Astronomy

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