Episodes from the Early History of MathematicsMathematical Association of America, 1964 - 133 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 73
... Archimedes . This was recognized already in antiquity ; thus Plutarch says of Archimedes ' works : It is not possible to find in all geometry more difficult and intricate questions , or more simple and lucid explanations . Some ascribe ...
... Archimedes . This was recognized already in antiquity ; thus Plutarch says of Archimedes ' works : It is not possible to find in all geometry more difficult and intricate questions , or more simple and lucid explanations . Some ascribe ...
Σελίδα 74
... Archimedes studied in Alexandria , then the centre of learning , and it is certain that he had friends among the Alex- andrian mathematicians , as we learn from his prefaces ; but he spent most of his life in Syracuse where he was a ...
... Archimedes studied in Alexandria , then the centre of learning , and it is certain that he had friends among the Alex- andrian mathematicians , as we learn from his prefaces ; but he spent most of his life in Syracuse where he was a ...
Σελίδα 99
... Archimedes ' fastidious eyes is the part where solids are considered as sums of plane sections . We are now familiar with such procedures under the name of integration ; Archimedes however succeeds in shifting the burden of integration ...
... Archimedes ' fastidious eyes is the part where solids are considered as sums of plane sections . We are now familiar with such procedures under the name of integration ; Archimedes however succeeds in shifting the burden of integration ...
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Episodes from the Early History of Mathematics, Τόμος 13 Asger Aaboe Περιορισμένη προεπισκόπηση - 1963 |
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