Apollonius of Perga's Conica : text, context, subtext / by Michael N. Fried, Sabetai Unguru.
Pubblicazione:
Leiden : Brill, 2001.
Descrizione fisica:
XII, 499 ; 25 cm
Serie:
Mnemosyne. Supplementum, 0169-8958 ; 222
Contiene:
Indice: Preface and acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. Geometrical algebra 2. The elements of conic sections in the framework of books I-II 3. Book IV of the elements of conic sections: how conic sections meet in the plane 4. Maximum and minimum lines: book V of the Conica 5. Equality and similarity: book VI of the Conica 6. Diorismic theorems and the use of analogy: book VII of the Conica 7. Once again, the use analogy in Apollonius: conics and circles 8. The Conica as an integral whole: elementary and non elementary books 9. Some circumscribed reflections on the historiography of hellenisitic mathematics. Appendix: English translation of book IV. Bibliography. Index
