The Debate between H.G. Zeuthen and H. Vogt (1909-1915) on the Historical Source of the Knowledge of Irrational Quantities

DOI10.1111/j.1600-0498.1996.tb00611.xzbMath0849.01001OpenAlexW2011226607MaRDI QIDQ4879227

Maurice Caveing

Publication date: 11 November 1996

Published in: Centaurus (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0498.1996.tb00611.x

zbMATH Keywords

TheaetetusEuclid's ElementsTheodoros of Cyrene

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20)

Related Items (3)

Irrational Thoughts ⋮ THE ARITHMETIC OF THE EVEN AND THE ODD ⋮ Sources for Danish mathematics

Cites Work

• Dýnamis, the Babylonians, and Theaetetus 147c7-148d7
• Book II of Euclid's elements and a pre-Eudoxan theory of ratio
• Eine neue Hypothese zur Entdeckung der inkommensurablen Größen durch die Griechen
• The discovery of incommensurability by Hippasus of Metapontum
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