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Works of archimedes : the two books on the sphere and the cylinder.

This is Volume 1 of the first authoritative translation of Archimedes' works into English. Also provided are a scientific edition of the diagrams, a translation of the ancient commentator Eutocius and a commentary, where attention is paid to the cognitive and aesthetic nature of Archimedes'...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Archimedes
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge Univ Press, 2004.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 8 |a Introduction: the genreArchimedes' audience: conon and dositheus; /"Axiomatic" introduction/; /Definitions/; /Postulates/; textual comments; general comments; Definitions 1-4; Postulates 1-2: about what?; Unpacking Postulate 2; Unpacking Postulate 3; The overall structure of Definitions 1-4, Postulates 1-4; Postulate 5; /1/; textual comments; general comments; The use of the diagram; The use of the axiomatic introduction; Generality of the proof; /2/; textual comments; general comments; Existence and realism; Shortcuts used in exposition. 
505 8 |a Schematic nature and the intended generality of the diagram/3/; textual comments; general comments; The scholiast's regress; /4/; textual comments; general comments; Repetition of text, and virtual mathematical actions; /5/; textual comments; general comments; Impatience revealed in exposition; /6/; textual comments; general comments; Lack of pedagogic concerns; Meta-mathematical interests displayed in the text; /7/; textual comments; general comments; Equality and identity; The "grounds" for a claim; /8/; textual comments; general comments. 
505 8 |a The significance of different ways of naming objectsGenerality and the use of letters referring to the diagram; /9/; textual comments; general comments; Bifurcating structure of proof; Ambiguities and their implication for the author/audience attitude; /10/; textual comments; general comments; What is the sequence of actions inside a construction?; The role of the axiomatic discussion; /11/; textual comments; general comments; The significance of different ways of using letters; Operations on phrases as a tool for argumentation; /12/; textual comments; general comments. 
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