Analysis and synthesis in John Playfair's Elements of Geometry
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Publication:4543590
DOI10.1017/S0007087401004575zbMath0998.01011OpenAlexW1993796563MaRDI QIDQ4543590
Publication date: 8 August 2002
Published in: The British Journal for the History of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0007087401004575
History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of geometry (51-03)
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