The Central Projection in One of Ptolemy's Map Constructions

DOI10.1111/J.1600-0498.1987.TB00677.XzbMATH Open0628.01002OpenAlexW2087350112MaRDI QIDQ3764082FDOQ3764082

Authors: Kirsti Andersen 

Publication date: 1987

Published in: Centaurus (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0498.1987.tb00677.x

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zbMATH Keywords

central projection

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20)

Cites Work

• Ptolemy's Geography, Book VII, Chapters 6 and 7

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