Apollonius of Perga's Conica : text, context, subtext /

Apollonius of Perga's Conica : text, context, subtext /

This volume takes a new look at one of the greatest works of Hellenistic mathematics, Apollonius of Perga's Conica . It provides a long overdue alternative to H.G. Zeuthen's Die Lehre von den Kegelschnitten im Altertum . The central part of the volume contains a historically sensitive anal...

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Main Author: Fried, Michael N.

Other Authors: Unguru, Sabetai.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2001.

Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 222.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 204-407, ISBN: 9789004322288.

Subjects:

Apollonius, > of Perga. > Conics.
Conics (Apollonius, of Perga)
Mathematics, Greek.
Conic sections > Early works to 1800.
Conic sections.
Early works.

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Call Number: QA31 .F75 2001

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
  • MICHAEL N. FRIED and SABETAI UNGURU
  • PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS /
  • MICHAEL N. FRIED and SABETAI UNGURU
  • INTRODUCTION /
  • MICHAEL N. FRIED and SABETAI UNGURU
  • GEOMETRICAL ALGEBRA /
  • MICHAEL N. FRIED and SABETAI UNGURU
  • THE ELEMENTS OF CONIC SECTIONS IN THE FRAMEWORK OF BOOKS I-III /
  • MICHAEL N. FRIED and SABETAI UNGURU
  • BOOK IV OF THE ELEMENTS OF CONIC SECTIONS: HOW CONIC SECTIONS MEET IN THE PLANE /
  • MICHAEL N. FRIED and SABETAI UNGURU
  • MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM LINES: BOOK V OF THE CONlCA /
  • MICHAEL N. FRIED and SABETAI UNGURU
  • EQUALITY AND SIMILARITY: BOOK VI OF THE CONICA /
  • MICHAEL N. FRIED and SABETAI UNGURU
  • DIORISMIC THEOREMS AND THE USE OF ANALOGY: BOOK VII OF THE CONICA /
  • MICHAEL N. FRIED and SABETAI UNGURU
  • ONCE AGAIN, THE USE OF ANALOGY IN APOLLONIUS: CONICS AND CIRCLES /
  • MICHAEL N. FRIED and SABETAI UNGURU
  • THE CONICA AS AN INTEGRAL WHOLE: ELEMENTARY AND NON-ELEMENTARY BOOKS /
  • MICHAEL N. FRIED and SABETAI UNGURU
  • SOME CIRCUMSCRIBED REFLECTIONS ON THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF HELLENISTIC MATHEMATICS /
  • MICHAEL N. FRIED and SABETAI UNGURU
  • AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF BOOK IV OF APOLLONIUS'S CONICA /
  • MICHAEL N. FRIED and SABETAI UNGURU
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY /
  • MICHAEL N. FRIED and SABETAI UNGURU
  • INDEX /
  • MICHAEL N. FRIED and SABETAI UNGURU
  • SUPPLEMENTS TO MNEMOSYNE /
  • H. PINKSTER , H. W. PLEKET , C.J. RUIJGH , D.M. SCHENKEVELD , P. H. SCHRIJVERS and S.R. SLINGS.