Rethinking geometrical exactness

DOI10.1016/J.HM.2010.09.001zbMATH Open1225.01024OpenAlexW1977054337MaRDI QIDQ618040FDOQ618040

Marco Panza

Publication date: 14 January 2011

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2010.09.001

zbMATH Keywords

constructionsDescartes' geometryEuclidean plane geometry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of geometry (51-03) Geometric constructions in real or complex geometry (51M15)

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