A new reading of Archytas' doubling of the cube and its implications (Q256592)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6552985
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    A new reading of Archytas' doubling of the cube and its implications
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6552985

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      A new reading of Archytas' doubling of the cube and its implications (English)
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      9 March 2016
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      The author outlines a new cognitive reconstruction of Archytas' solution of the cube doubling problem, starting from the classical square doubling by the height of a right-angle triangle. Such a reconstruction has been tried in the past by many authors: Viviani, Loria, Becker, Tannery, Knorr, most of all as based on the study of the related `geometrical loci'. The novelty of this new reconstruction is in a more kinematical reading.
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      doubling of the cube
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