Uses of construction in problems and theorems in Euclid's \textit{Elements} I--VI

DOI10.1007/s00407-018-0212-4zbMath1397.01007OpenAlexW2811269179MaRDI QIDQ2413528

Nathan Sidoli

Publication date: 14 September 2018

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-018-0212-4

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20)

Related Items (3)

Operationalism: an interpretation of the philosophy of ancient Greek geometry ⋮ Newton on constructions in geometry ⋮ Taxonomies of geometric problems

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