Pappus Reborn : Pappus of Alexandria and the Changing Face of Analysis and Synthesis in Late Antiquity.

Despite the recent interest in Pappus of Alexandria,the late antiquarian mathematician remains an enigma in the history of mathematics. Only a handful of chapters and fragments of his seminal work, the Collection have been translated into English and there has been little effort to reveal the common...

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Main Author: Rideout, Bronwyn
Language:en
Published: University of Canterbury. Humanities 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10092/2329