Mathematical tables in Ptolemy's \textit{Almagest}

DOI10.1016/j.hm.2013.10.004zbMath1284.01018OpenAlexW2087833690MaRDI QIDQ2436779

Nathan Sidoli

Publication date: 26 February 2014

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2013.10.004

zbMATH Keywords

mathematical functionsGreek mathematicsmathematical tablesGreek astronomyAlmagest

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20)

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