Drowning by multiples. Remarks on the fifth book of Euclid's elements, with special emphasis on prop. 8.

DOI10.1007/S00407-002-0061-YzbMATH Open1044.01003OpenAlexW2040927497MaRDI QIDQ1809893FDOQ1809893

Authors: Fabio Acerbi 

Publication date: 28 October 2003

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-002-0061-y

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zbMATH Keywords

EuclidElementsBook V

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20)

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