Two traces of two-step Eudoxan proportion theory in Aristotle: a tale of definitions in Aristotle, with a moral

DOI10.1007/S00407-006-0120-XMaRDI QIDQ860123zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Henry R. Mendell

Publication date 23 January 2007

Published in Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-006-0120-x

zbMATH Keywords

AristotleEudoxusproportion theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20)

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