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

DOI10.1007/S00407-004-0087-4MaRDI QIDQ1762835zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

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

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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