Heuristic reasoning: Approximation procedures in Levi ben Gerson's astronomy
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instance of: scholarly article
title: Heuristic reasoning: Approximation procedures in Levi ben Gerson's astronomy
zbMATH Open document ID: 0891.01019
author: J. L. Mancha
published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences
publication date: 1998-06-28T00:00:00Z
review text: There are presented the approximation methods developed by Levi ben Gerson (1288-1344) in his astronomical treatise. This work of ben Gerson is a part of his philosophical treatise `Wars of the Lord'. In this paper the approximation methods of Levi are formalized and there are discussed many examples illustrating his heuristic method. The paper contains a rich bibliography, many notes on medieval mathematics and astronomy and an appendix including Latin excerpts from the work of Levi.
reviewed by: Doru Ştefănescu
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 01A35
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 85-03
zbMATH DE Number: 1123667
zbMATH Keywords: history of astronomy
zbMATH Keywords: approximation procedures
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: s004070050009
OpenAlex ID: W1993645104
DOI: 10.1007/S004070050009
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