Proofs, pictures, and Euclid

DOI10.1007/S11229-009-9509-9MaRDI QIDQ707897zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors John Mumma

Publication date 8 October 2010

Published in Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-009-9509-9

zbMATH Keywords

diagramsEuclid's geometry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Methodology of mathematics (00A35) History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) Foundations of classical theories (including reverse mathematics) (03B30) History of geometry (51-03) Euclidean geometries (general) and generalizations (51M05)

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