Theodorus’ proofs of incommensurabilities with Gnomons

DOI10.1080/17498430.2015.1055156MaRDI QIDQ2806372zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors S. Negrepontis, G. Tassopoulos

Publication date 17 May 2016

Published in BSHM Bulletin (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1080/17498430.2015.1055156

zbMATH Keywords

Theodorusanthyphairesisgnomons

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20)

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