A fourth, hitherto unknown, manuscript containing the tract Questiones super geometriam Euclidis by Nicole Oresme (Q2883422)

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    A fourth, hitherto unknown, manuscript containing the tract Questiones super geometriam Euclidis by Nicole Oresme
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6032427

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      10 May 2012
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      \textit{Super geometriam Euclidis}
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      commensurability
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      geometry of qualities
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      A fourth, hitherto unknown, manuscript containing the tract Questiones super geometriam Euclidis by Nicole Oresme (English)
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      This paper is concerned with some problems raised in the work \textit{Questiones super geometriam Euclidis} by Nicole Orseme. This work was edited with English paraphrase by H.L.L. Busard in 1961.NEWLINENEWLINEThe paper under review is an overview of the main questions raised in Oresme's treatise. These are the following: (i) Questions 1-5 are concerned with mathematics and the infinite; (ii) Questions 6-9 deal with the notions of commensurability and incommensurability; (iii) Questions 10-17 are oriented toward the graphic representation of ``intensible'' and ``remissible'' forms (namely, the \textit{geometry of qualities}); (iv) Questions 18-21 are concerned with the nature and continuity properties of angles.NEWLINENEWLINEComments contained in other sources (Mazet, Zoubov, Grant, etc.) are also contained.NEWLINENEWLINEFor the entire collection see [Zbl 1236.01002].
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