Ptolemy's longitudes and Eratosthenes' measurement of the Earth's circumference

DOI10.2140/MEMOCS.2013.1.67zbMath1341.01006OpenAlexW2023546450WikidataQ56619231 ScholiaQ56619231MaRDI QIDQ274881

Lucio Russo

Publication date: 25 April 2016

Published in: Mathematics and Mechanics of Complex Systems (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2140/memocs.2013.1.67

zbMATH Keywords

Eratosthenesmeasure of stadionPtolemy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20)

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