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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1284381
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1284381 |
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31 May 1999
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conic sections
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conics
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Apollonius of Perga
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0.8018375039100647
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0.7864826321601868
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Contents of the survey under review: 1) The origin of conics. The Delphic altar; 2) From Menaechmus to Apollonius; 3) Apollonius of Perga and his ``Conica''; 4) A proof from ``Conica'' (reconstruction of Apollonius' reasoning in Proposition 13, Book I); 5) Conic sections -- what for? (Conics in pure and applied mathematics). For the entire collection see [Zbl 0908.00021].
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