scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3943758

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Authors Wilbur R. Knorr

Publication date 1986

zbMATH Keywords

Apolloniosclassical geometrical problemsEratosthenesEudoxosGreek geometryPtolemaios

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to history and biography (01-01) History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) History of geometry (51-03)

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