Almost Equal: the Method of Adequality from Diophantus to Fermat and Beyond

DOI10.1162/POSC_a_00101zbMath1292.01017arXiv1210.7750OpenAlexW1984391291MaRDI QIDQ5171470

David M. Schaps, Steven Shnider, Mikhail G. Katz

Publication date: 27 July 2014

Published in: Perspectives on Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1210.7750

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of real functions (26-03) History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20)

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