A Manual of Greek MathematicsClarendon Press, 1931 - 552 pagina's |
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Pagina 61
... Nicomachus . Nicomachus of Gerasa , a city in Judaea beyond Jordan , flourished about A.D. 100. Of his life nothing is known . He wrote other works , one of which , the Enchiridion Harmonices or Hand- book of Harmony , has survived . A ...
... Nicomachus . Nicomachus of Gerasa , a city in Judaea beyond Jordan , flourished about A.D. 100. Of his life nothing is known . He wrote other works , one of which , the Enchiridion Harmonices or Hand- book of Harmony , has survived . A ...
Pagina 62
... Nicomachus has little or nothing in the shape of proofs in the proper sense of the term . As a rule , he merely states a proposition , and then illustrates it by means of particular numbers . Mathematically speaking , therefore , Nicomachus ...
... Nicomachus has little or nothing in the shape of proofs in the proper sense of the term . As a rule , he merely states a proposition , and then illustrates it by means of particular numbers . Mathematically speaking , therefore , Nicomachus ...
Pagina 70
... Nicomachus states certain obvious relations between three terms in descending geometrical progression and the common ratio . The same chapter cites the ' Platonic theorem ' about the number of means in con- tinued proportion between two ...
... Nicomachus states certain obvious relations between three terms in descending geometrical progression and the common ratio . The same chapter cites the ' Platonic theorem ' about the number of means in con- tinued proportion between two ...
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INTRODUCTORY 1 157 | 1 |
NUMERICAL NOTATION AND PRACTICAL CAL | 11 |
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