The Transformation of Mathematics in the Early Mediterranean World
Subtitle: From Problems to Equations (Cambridge Classical Studies)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 5, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780521829960
Subjects: Ancient Western philosophy to c 500; History of mathematics; Literature - Classics / Criticism; History; Science/Mathematics; Ancient Greece; Mathematics; Classics; General; History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical; Philosophy / General; History & Philosophy; Europe
First sentence: In this chapter I discuss the Archimedean problem in its first, "Classical" stage.