in this paper I discuss the history of the the Eudoxus-Archimedes lemma, whose archimedean character has been often underevaluated, linking this enquiry to the analysis of the relationship between curves and straight lines, and of the idea of continuum in Greek mathematics
Why rob Archimedes of his lemma?
BORZACCHINI, Luigi
2006-01-01
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in this paper I discuss the history of the the Eudoxus-Archimedes lemma, whose archimedean character has been often underevaluated, linking this enquiry to the analysis of the relationship between curves and straight lines, and of the idea of continuum in Greek mathematicsFile in questo prodotto:
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