Menelaus’ Spherics in Greek and Arabic Mathematics

Athanase Papadopoulos ()
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Athanase Papadopoulos: Université de Strasbourg and CNRS, Institut de Recherche Mathématique Avancée (IRMA) and Centre de Recherche et d’Expérimentation sur l’Acte Artistique (ITI CREAA)

A chapter in Handbook of the History and Philosophy of Mathematical Practice, 2024, pp 1745-1787 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract We present the history of Menelaus’ Spherics (second c. AD), explaining its importance and quoting in detail some of the significant propositions. We include this work in the general context of Greek and Arabic mathematics, highlighting the far-reaching connections with modern mathematical ideas.

Keywords: Menelaus of Alexandria; Spherics; Spherical geometry; Spherical trigonometry; Greek mathematics; Arabic mathematic; Theodosius of Tripoli; Autolycus of Pitane; Pappus of Alexandria (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-40846-5_109

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