The Geometry

Barbara Moss, Cynthia Hay and Graham Flegg

Chapter Chapter 7 in Nicolas Chuquet, Renaissance Mathematician, 1985, pp 234-290 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Chuquet’s Geometry begins with two phrases which delineate its character and its interest for the history of mathematics. It is a “small treatise in practical geometry” which illustrates “how the science of numbers can be applied to the measurements of geometry.” The first part of the Geometry is concerned with basic geometrical ideas. Chuquet also discusses measuring devices such as the quadrant and gauges for wine vessels, and their uses in practical measurement; these topics were part of the tradition of practical geometry. The algebra developed in the Triparty is illustrated in the longest section of the Geometry, the third section, in which a series of problems applies the rules developed both in the Triparty and in the first section of the Geometry.

Keywords: Longe Section; Practical Geometry; Theoretical Geometry; Arithmetical Competance; Renaissance Mathematician (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1985
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-6502-7_7

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