The Ancient Tradition of Geometric Problems

by: Knorr, W.R.

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The ancient tradition of geometric problems

Author: Wilbur Richard Knorr

Contents:
Sifting history from legend
Beginnings and early efforts
The geometers in Plato's academy
The generation of Euclid
Archimedes
the perfect Eudoxean geometer
The successors of Archimedes in the 3rd century
Apollonius
culmination of the tradition
Appraisal of the analytic field in antiquity

Classic scholarly text presents a detailed survey of the ancient Greek geometric traditions with special focus on efforts to solve the three great classical problems. Dr. Knorr takes as his province virtually the entire period of ancient geometry, providing expert analysis of the relevant work of such famed mathematicians as Hippocrates of Chios, Eudoxus, Archimedes, Apollonius and many others. The result is a comprehensive overview of the developing character of research: the origins of the study of conics; introduction of special mechanical curves; the use of sliding rulers as a construction technique; the use of calculating procedures for approximations; the implementation of the method of "analysis" for the discovery of solutions and more.

Subjects:
Geometry
Geometry Famous problems
Geometry History
Géométrie Histoire
Géométrie Problèmes classiques
Géométrie Histoire
Géométrie Problèmes classiques
History

The Ancient Tradition of Geometric Problems

by: Knorr, W.R.

• ISBN-13: 9780817631482 / 978-0-8176-3148-2
• ISBN-03: 0817631488 / 0-8176-3148-8
• Birkhauser, Boston, 1986

Price: 128,00 EURO

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Water use and hydraulics in the Roman city

by: Koloski-Ostrow, A.O.

• ISBN-13: 9780787276904 / 978-0-7872-7690-4
• ISBN-03: 0787276901 / 0-7872-7690-1
• Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, Iowa, 2001

Price: 29,00 EURO

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