Euclid's legacy. A ramble through geometry and its history

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Authors Günter Aumann

Publication date 29 August 2013

zbMATH Keywords

conic sectionsPythagorean theoremArchimedesPlatonic solidsconstructibility with ruler and compassGreek history

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) General theory of linear incidence geometry and projective geometries (51A05) History of geometry (51-03) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to geometry (51-01)

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