Interpreting Mathematical Error

DOI10.4324/9781003102557-5MaRDI QIDQ6167178zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

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Publication date 7 July 2023

Published in Reading Mathematics in Early Modern Europe (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003102557-5

zbMATH Keywords

cometsgeometric diagrams

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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