Did Euclid's Circles Have Two Kinds of Radius?
1999; Elsevier BV; Volume: 26; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1006/hmat.1999.2254
ISSN1090-249X
AutoresDavid Fowler, Chr.Marinus Taisbak,
Tópico(s)Historical and Literary Studies
ResumoIt is often asserted that Euclid had no single word for “radius”, but rather used the description “the line drawn from the center”. We examine the linguistic practice of Euclid, Archimedes, and Apollonius and find that it is more subtle than that. Copyright 1999 Academic Press. Il est souvent dit qu'Euclide n'avait pas de mot pour “rayon”, et qu'à sa place il se servait de la description “la ligne tracée à partir du centre”. Nous examinons ici la pratique linguistique d'Euclide, Archimède, et Apollonius, pour montrer que celle-ci est plus subtile que cela. Copyright 1999 Academic Press. MSC 1991 subject classification: 01A20.
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