Greek MathematicsDover, 1963 - 552 pagina's |
Vanuit het boek
Resultaten 1-3 van 91
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 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 ...
Pagina 328
... says , made the dia- meter of the sun nine times that of the moon , his own father Phidias twelve times , and Aristarchus between eighteen and twenty times . The perimeter of the earth had also to be assumed ; some , he says , had tried ...
... says , made the dia- meter of the sun nine times that of the moon , his own father Phidias twelve times , and Aristarchus between eighteen and twenty times . The perimeter of the earth had also to be assumed ; some , he says , had tried ...
Inhoudsopgave
Classification of mathematical subjects | 5 |
NUMERICAL NOTATION AND PRACTICAL CAL | 11 |
B Addition and subtraction | 28 |
Copyright | |
34 andere gedeelten niet getoond
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
algebra Apollonius Archimedes Archytas Aristotle arithmetic assumed astronomy axis base bisected Book centre of gravity chord circle circumference circumscribed cone conics construction contained cube curve cylinder definition Democritus diameter Diophantus divided draw drawn earth Elements equal equation equilateral equivalent Eratosthenes Eucl Euclid Eudemus Eudoxus Eutocius figure geometry given ratio given straight line gives gnomon Greek height Heron Hipparchus Hippocrates hyperbola inscribed irrational isosceles lemmas length loci magnitudes mathematics mean proportionals method of exhaustion moon multiple namely Nicomachus Pappus parabola parallel parallelogram pentagon perpendicular plane Plato polygon Porisms problem Proclus produced proof Prop propositions proved Ptolemy pyramid Pythagoras Pythagoreans radius rectangle respectively right angles right-angled triangle says segment semicircle sides similar solution solved sphere square number surface tangent Thales Theaetetus Theon Theon of Alexandria theorem theory tion treatise volume