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Apollonius de Perge. Coniques. Tome 4. Livres VI et VII. Commentaire historique et mathematique, édition et traduction du texte arabe (Scientia Graeco-Arabics)

By Roshdi Rashed

Book information

Publisher
Walter de Gruyter
Year
2009
ISBN
3110199408, 9783110199406
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
9 MB (9266972 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
592\592
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

Book VI of the Konika is essentially devoted to the question of the identity and similarity of two conic sections, or two parts of conic sections. In Book VII Apollonius deals with the various relationships between the lengths of diameters and conjugate diameters. The results are applied to the exposition of a number of problems, as well as to some problems which Apollonius indicates will be demonstrated and solved in Book VIII, which was lost in Antiquity. Books VI and VII have only survived in an Arabic translation, and are presented here in a critical edition, together with a faithful translation and a historical-mathematical commentary.

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