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This highly regarded study focuses on attempts by Hippocrates, Archimedes, other ancient Greeks to solve three classical problems: cube duplication, angle trisection, and circle-quadrature. Topics include origins of the study of conics, introduction of special mechanical curves, use of sliding rulers and calculating procedures, and much more. 255 black-and-white illustrations. "Essential reading" — Mathematical Reviews . 1986 edition.
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The Ancient Tradition of Geometric Problems, Wilbur Richard Knorr
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- Année de publication
- 1993
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- Abîmé
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- 12,95 €
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- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Wilbur Richard Knorr
- Éditeur
- Dover Publications
- Publié
- 1993
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 410
- ISBN10
- 0486675327
- ISBN13
- 9780486675329
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Nonfiction, Thème historique, Science et Mathématiques, Mathématiques, Géométrie, Topologie
- Description
- This highly regarded study focuses on attempts by Hippocrates, Archimedes, other ancient Greeks to solve three classical problems: cube duplication, angle trisection, and circle-quadrature. Topics include origins of the study of conics, introduction of special mechanical curves, use of sliding rulers and calculating procedures, and much more. 255 black-and-white illustrations. "Essential reading" — Mathematical Reviews . 1986 edition.