Archimedes and Liu Hui on Circles and Spheres

This article describes the mystery of a long lost codex of Archimedes that resurfaced briefly at the turn of the last century by Johan Ludwig Heiberg. Long enough for the Danish historian of mathematics Heiberg to identify, photograph and eventually transcribe "The Method" and several othe...

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Autor: Dauben, Joseph W.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:67959
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/67959
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Archimedes
Ephodos
Method
Johan Ludwig Heiberg
Arquímedes
Método
Descripción
Sumario:This article describes the mystery of a long lost codex of Archimedes that resurfaced briefly at the turn of the last century by Johan Ludwig Heiberg. Long enough for the Danish historian of mathematics Heiberg to identify, photograph and eventually transcribe "The Method" and several other works by Archimedes of considerable mathematical interest. In 1879 Heiberg completed his dissertation, Quaestiones Archimedeae, devoted to Archimedes' life, works, and transmission of his texts.