Pappus' notes to Euclid's optics
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
zbMATH Open document ID: 0980.01002
author: Alexander Jones
publication date: 2002-03-05T00:00:00Z
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 01A20
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 78-03
zbMATH DE Number: 1665383
zbMATH Keywords: Euclid
zbMATH Keywords: Pappus
zbMATH Keywords: optics
zbMATH Keywords: perspective
MaRDI profile type: Publication
title: Pappus' notes to Euclid's optics
review text: Presents and analyses the propositions of Pappus's \textit{Collection} Book VI (100-102, or prop. 51-52), which discuss eye-points from which a circle looks an ellipse, though Pappus is partly in error. Argues the possibility of the concept of a vanishing point on the part of Pappus, suggesting his originality. NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEThis paper was read in 1989 at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Mathematics, and gave rise to Knorr's two papers, ``When circles don't look like circles: An optical theorem in Euclid and Pappus'', Arch. Hist. Exact Sci. 44, No. 4, 287-329 (1992; Zbl 0762.01002) and ``On the principle of linear perspective in Euclid's optics'', Centaurus 34, No. 3, 193-210 (1991; Zbl 0850.01002).NEWLINENEWLINEFor the entire collection see [Zbl 0964.00010].
reviewed by: Ken Saito
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1665383