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Episodes from the early history of mathematics / by Asger Aaboe.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aaboe, Asger.
- Series:
- Anneli Lax New Mathematical Library ; 13
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mathematics--History.
- Mathematics.
- Mathematics, Ancient.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 133 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Mathematical Association of America, 1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Among other things, Aaboe shows us how the Babylonians did calculations, how Euclid proved that there are infinitely many primes, how Ptolemy constructed a trigonometric table in his Almagest, and how Archimedes trisected the angle. Some of the topics may be familiar to the reader, while others will seem surprising or be new.
- Contents:
- Babylonian mathematics
- Early Greek mathematics and Euclid's construction of the regular pentagon
- Three samples of Archimedean mathematics
- Ptolemy's construction of a trigonometric table.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-88385-928-9
- OCLC:
- 929120257
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