To Diagram, to Demonstrate: To Do, To See, and To Judge in Greek Geometry

DOI10.1093/philmat/nkr037zbMath1266.01006OpenAlexW2160346186MaRDI QIDQ4919652

Clemency Montelle, Philip Catton

Publication date: 15 May 2013

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/philmat/nkr037

zbMATH Keywords

diagramsGreek geometry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Elementary problems in Euclidean geometries (51M04) History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) History of geometry (51-03)

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