Conjugate diameters: Apollonius of Perga and Eutocius of Ascalon
The Conics of Apollonius remains a central work of Greek mathematics to this day. Despite this, much recent scholarship has neglected the Conics in favor of works of Archimedes. While these are no less important in their own right, a full understanding of the Greek mathematical corpus cannot be bere...
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University of Iowa
2010
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| Online Access: | https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/711 https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1896&context=etd |