Euclid's Book on Division of Figures

With a Restoration Based on Woepcke's Text and on the Practica Geometriae of Leonardo Pisano

Raymond Clare Archibald (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

98 Seiten

2015
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-107-49224-0 (ISBN)

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Originally published in 1915, this book contains an English translation of a reconstructed version of Euclid's study of divisions of geometric figures, which survives only partially and in only one Arabic manuscript. Archibald also gives an introduction to the text, its transmission in an Arabic version and its possible connection with Fibonacci's Practica geometriae. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Greek mathematics, the history of science or the reconstruction of ancient texts.

Introductory; 1. Proclus, and Euclid's book On Divisions of Figures; 2-6. De divisionibus by 'Muhammed Bagdedinus' and the Dee MS.; 7-9. The Woepcke-Euclid MS.; 10-13. Practica geometriae of Leonardo Pisano (Fibonaci); 14-17. Summary; 18. Abraham Savasorda, Jordanus Nemorarius, Luca Paciuolo; 19. 'Muhammed Bagdedinus' and other Arabian writers on divisions of figures; 20. Practical applications of the problems on divisions of figures; 21. Connection between Euclid's book On Divisions, Apollonius's treatise On Cutting off a Space and a pappus-lemma to Euclid's book of Porisms; 22-57. Restoration of Euclid; Appendix; Index of names.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	12.3.2015
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	160 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geometrie / Topologie
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geschichte der Mathematik
ISBN-10	1-107-49224-6 / 1107492246
ISBN-13	978-1-107-49224-0 / 9781107492240
Zustand	Neuware