A dialogue on the use of arithmetic in geometry: van Ceulen's and Snellius's Fundamenta Arithmetica et Geometrica

DOI10.1016/J.HM.2010.03.005zbMATH Open1247.01015OpenAlexW2100513003MaRDI QIDQ990262FDOQ990262

Authors: Liesbeth C. de Wreede 

Publication date: 6 September 2010

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2010.03.005

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zbMATH Keywords

unit intervalgeometric constructionsSimon StevinincommensurablescommensurablesAemilius Rosendaliusbook X Euclid's Elementsdedication letterLeiden UniversityLudolph van CeulenPetrus RamusWillebrord Snellius

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of geometry (51-03) History of mathematics at specific universities (01A73)

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