scientific article

zbMath0684.01002MaRDI QIDQ3994635

Wilbur R. Knorr

Publication date: 17 September 1992

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zbMATH Keywords

EratosthenesArchimedesHypatiaangle trisectionArabic geometrycube duplicationNicomedesAhmed Ibn Mūsāal- Harawīal-SijzīDimension of the circleThābit Ibn Qurra

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in Late Antiquity and medieval Europe (01A35) History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) History of geometry (51-03)

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