The Origin of Mathematics 4: Squaring the Circle

Benno Artmann

Chapter Chapter 8 in Euclid—The Creation of Mathematics, 1999, pp 73-78 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Theorem II.14 solves an important problem: Every rectilinear figure can be squared. As usual in mathematics, a problem is solved only to beget another one. The next most prominent figure is the circle. How to square it? Proclus observes in his comment on Prop. I.45, which is the last step before II.14:

Keywords: Isosceles Triangle; Curve Ruler; Pocket Calculator; Prominent Figure; Pencil Drawing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-1412-0_8

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