On alternative proofs and other substitutions of proofs in Euclid's \textit{Elements}

DOI10.1007/S00407-004-0087-4zbMATH Open1114.01003OpenAlexW2059765189MaRDI QIDQ1762835FDOQ1762835

Authors: Bernard Vitrac 

Publication date: 11 February 2005

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-004-0087-4

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zbMATH Keywords

EuclidElementsProofProclusCommentators of Greek textsHero

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) History of mathematics in the Golden Age of Islam (01A30) History of mathematics in Late Antiquity and medieval Europe (01A35)

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