Eutocius of Ascalon. Commentary on the ``Conics'' of Apollonius of Perga (Books I--IV). Dual Greek-French text. Edited by Micheline Decorps-Foulquier and Michel Federspiel. With a foreword and introduction by Micheline Decorps-Foulquier. (Q495523)
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Eutocius of Ascalon. Commentary on the ``Conics'' of Apollonius of Perga (Books I--IV). Dual Greek-French text. Edited by Micheline Decorps-Foulquier and Michel Federspiel. With a foreword and introduction by Micheline Decorps-Foulquier. (English)
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14 September 2015
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Preceded by an 88 page long introduction, including a section on the extant manuscripts, by Micheline Decorps-Foulquier, this is the first French translation of Eutocius's commentary on Books I--IV of Apollonius' \textit{Conics}, side by side with the Greek text. Eutocius offers, among other things, reasons why certain restrictions (such as dimensional ones) are imposed, alternate proofs, completions of proofs left as being ``analogous'' unproved by Apollonius. The translation, by Michel Federpsiel, is exquisite. This will likely be the standard edition in any language.
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