The Spherics of Theodosios

DOI10.4324/9781003142164MaRDI QIDQ6171297zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Nathan Sidoli, R. S. D. Thomas

Publication date 17 July 2023

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003142164

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to history and biography (01-02) History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70) Collected or selected works; reprintings or translations of classics (01A75)

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