Textual Studies in Ancient and Medieval Geometry

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Textual Studies in Ancient and Medieval Geometry

Introduction: Philologist Heal Thy Text. - I Ancient Texts on Geometric Problems. - 1 The Hero-Apollonius Method of Cube Duplication. - 2 The Hero-Apollonius Lemma in Nicomedes and Euclid. - 3 The Philonian Method of Cube Duplication. - 4 Pappus' Texts on Cube Duplication. - 5 Eutocius' Anthology of Cube Duplications. - 6 Eutocius' Text of Eratosthenes: A Thesis of U. von Wilamowitz. - 7 On Eutocius: A Thesis of J. Mogenet. - 8 Angle Trisections in Pappus and Arabic Parallels. - 9 The Ancient Commentators and Their Methods: Pappus and Eutocius. - II Arabic Geometric Texts and Their Ancient Sources. - A The Cube Duplication by Abû Bakr al-Harawî. - B The Angle Trisection by Ahmad ibn Mûsâ. - C The Angle Trisection by Thâbit ibn Qurra. - D The Angle Trisection by al-Sijzî. - E The Cube Duplication and Angle Trisection by Abû Sahl al-Qûhî. - F The Cube Duplication by Abû Jacfar in the Manner of Nicomedes. - III The Textual Tradition of Archimedes': Dimension of the Circle. - 1 Versions in the Ancient Commentators. - 2 Origin of the Extant Text of the Dimension of the Circle. - 3 The Medieval Tradition of Dimension of the Circle Prop. 1. - 4 Versions of Dimension of the Circle Props. 2 and 3. - 5 Lost Propositions of the Archimedean Prototype. - 6 Eutocius' Text of Dimension of the Circle. - 7 Arabic Elaborations of the Dimension of the Circle. - 8 The Latin Tradition: De curvis superficiebus. - 9 The Latin Tradition: De quadratura circuli. - 10 The Anonymous Tract On Isoperimetric Figures. - 11 On Hypatia of Alexandria. - 12 The History of a Text: Tradition Time and Opportunity. Language: English
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  • Category: Education
  • Artist: W.R. Knorr
  • Format: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Publication Date: 2011/09/30
  • Publisher / Label: Birkhäuser
  • Number of Pages: 864
  • Fruugo ID: 337916499-741576038
  • ISBN: 9781461282136

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