Redefining geometrical exactness : Descartes' transformation of the early modern concept of construction / Henk J.M. Bos.
By: Bos, H. J. M.
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BookSeries: Sources and studies in the history of mathematics and physical sciences: Publisher: New York: Springer, 2001Description: xvii, 470 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.ISBN: 1461265215 (alk. paper); 9781461265214.Subject(s): Descartes, Ren,̌ 1596-1650 | Descartes, Ren (1596-1650) | Geometrical constructions -- History -- 17th century | Geometry -- History -- 17th century | Constructieve wiskunde | Analytische meetkunde | Geometrische Konstruktion | Constructions gǒmťriques -- 17e sic̈le | Gǒmťrie -- 17e sic̈leDDC classification: 516 Online resources: Publisher description | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001 edition
Includes bibliographical references (p. [433]-453) and indexes.
1. General introduction -- 2. The legitimation of geometrical procedures before 1590 -- 3. 1588: Pappus' "Collection" -- 4. The early modern tradition of geometrical problem solving: survey and examples -- 5. Early modern methods of analysis -- 6. Arithmetic, geometry, algebra, and analysis -- 7. Using numbers in geometry -- Regiomontanus and Stevin -- 8. Using algebra -- Viete's analysis -- 9. Clavius -- 10. Viete -- 11. Kepler -- 12. Molther -- 13. Fermat -- 14. Geometrical problem solving -- the state of the art c. 1635 -- 15. Introduction to Part II -- 16. Construction and the interpretation of exactness in Descartes' studies of c. 1619 -- 17. Descartes' general construction of solid problems c. 1625
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