The obscurity of the equimultiples. Clavius' and Galileo's foundational studies of Euclid's theory of proportions

DOI10.1007/S004070100037zbMath0987.01006OpenAlexW2469296254MaRDI QIDQ5944686

Paolo Palmieri

Publication date: 27 June 2002

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004070100037

zbMATH Keywords

ClaviusEuclid's proportionalityGalileo

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance (01A40) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20)

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