Eudoxus Meets Cayley
During the classical Greek civilization in the period 600-300 B.C.E., geometry was organized and systemized into today's formal mathematics, culminating in Euclid's Elements. When Euclid wrote the Elements, he was able to incorporate Eudoxus's brilliant resolution of the crisis throug...
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Veröffentlicht in: | The American mathematical monthly 2003-12, Vol.110 (10), p.912-927 |
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Zusammenfassung: | During the classical Greek civilization in the period 600-300 B.C.E., geometry was organized and systemized into today's formal mathematics, culminating in Euclid's Elements. When Euclid wrote the Elements, he was able to incorporate Eudoxus's brilliant resolution of the crisis through the development of proportional lengths and similar triangles. Chandler et al discuss an answer to a question through the mathematics of Cayley. |
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ISSN: | 0002-9890 1930-0972 |
DOI: | 10.1080/00029890.2003.11920031 |