Eutocius’ Anthology of Cube Duplications

Wilbur Richard Knorr
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Wilbur Richard Knorr: Stanford University, Program in the History of Science

Chapter Chapter 5 in Textual Studies in Ancient and Medieval Geometry, 1989, pp 77-129 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In the proof of Sphere and Cylinder II 1, Archimedes assumes the finding of two lines that are mean proportionals between two given lines. This sets the occasion within Eutocius’ commentary on this proposition for a long digression on the solution of the assumed problem.

Keywords: Geometric Problem; Arabic Version; Arabic Text; Similar Triangle; Ancient Text (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1989
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-3690-0_6

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