Pappus' notes to Euclid's optics

zbMATH Open0980.01002MaRDI QIDQ2752080FDOQ2752080

Authors: Alexander Jones 

Publication date: 5 March 2002

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zbMATH Keywords

opticsEuclidperspectivePappus

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) History of optics and electromagnetic theory (78-03)

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