The Hyperbola-Construction in the Conics, Book II: Ancient Variations on a Theorem of Apollonius

DOI10.1111/j.1600-0498.1981.tb00647.xzbMath0508.01003OpenAlexW2143188419MaRDI QIDQ4745775

Wilbur R. Knorr

Publication date: 1982

Published in: Centaurus (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0498.1981.tb00647.x

zbMATH Keywords

conic sectionsApolloniusEutociusPapposhyperbola construction

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20)

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