Menelaus' ›Spherics‹ : Early Translation and al-Māhānī / al-Harawī's Version /

Despite its importance in the history of Ancient science, Menelaus' Spherics is still by and large unknown. This treatise, which lies at the foundation of spherical geometry, is lost in Greek but has been preserved in its Arabic versions. The reader.

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteurs principaux: Rāshid, Rushdī (Auteur), Papadopoulos, Athanase (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2017]
Collection:Scientia Graeco-Arabica ; v. 21.
Sujets:
Menelaus, > of Alexandria.
Geodesics (Mathematics)
Sphere.
Geometry, Differential.
Curves on surfaces > Mathematical models.
Surfaces > Mathematical models.
Géodésiques (Mathématiques)
Sphère.
Géométrie différentielle.
Courbes sur les surfaces > Modèles mathématiques.
Surfaces (Mathématiques) > Modèles mathématiques.
spheres (geometric figures)
MATHEMATICS > Geometry > General.
Arabic mathematics.
Greek geometry.
History of non-Euclidean geometry.
Spherics.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Description
Résumé:Despite its importance in the history of Ancient science, Menelaus' Spherics is still by and large unknown. This treatise, which lies at the foundation of spherical geometry, is lost in Greek but has been preserved in its Arabic versions. The reader.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (888 pages).
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9783110569872
3110569876
9783110571431
3110571439
ISSN:2365-8703 ;

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