A dialogue on the use of arithmetic in geometry: van Ceulen's and Snellius's Fundamenta Arithmetica et Geometrica

DOI10.1016/j.hm.2010.03.005zbMath1247.01015OpenAlexW2100513003MaRDI QIDQ990262

Liesbeth C. de Wreede

Publication date: 6 September 2010

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2010.03.005

zbMATH Keywords

unit intervalgeometric constructionsSimon StevinincommensurablescommensurablesAemilius Rosendaliusbook X Euclid's Elementsdedication letterLeiden UniversityLudolph van CeulenPetrus RamusWillebrord Snellius

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of mathematics at specific universities (01A73) History of geometry (51-03)

Cites Work

• Between Viète and Descartes: Adriaan van Roomen and the Mathesis Universalis
• Renaissance notions of number and magnitude
• “La croix des mathématiciens”: The Euclidean theory of irrational lines
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