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Pagina 95
... says , ' When Pythagoras discovered that famous proposition on the strength of which he offered a splendid sacrifice of oxen ' . Unfor- tunately neither author says what the proposition he refers to actually was . But Plutarch ...
... says , ' When Pythagoras discovered that famous proposition on the strength of which he offered a splendid sacrifice of oxen ' . Unfor- tunately neither author says what the proposition he refers to actually was . But Plutarch ...
Pagina 133
... ( say 18 ) . Theodorus had been discoursing on the irrationality of √3 , √5 .. and Theaetetus says that the idea then occurred to him of trying to comprehend all these ' square roots ' ( Svváμes ) , as he calls them , under one term ...
... ( say 18 ) . Theodorus had been discoursing on the irrationality of √3 , √5 .. and Theaetetus says that the idea then occurred to him of trying to comprehend all these ' square roots ' ( Svváμes ) , as he calls them , under one term ...
Pagina 174
... says , is divided equally , i . e . there are as many odd numbers as even . An even number is a number divisible into two equal parts ; in one place it is explained as that which is not scalene but isosceles : a curious and apparently ...
... says , is divided equally , i . e . there are as many odd numbers as even . An even number is a number divisible into two equal parts ; in one place it is explained as that which is not scalene but isosceles : a curious and apparently ...
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