Chapter ID: CBB000203451

Some Ancient and Medieval Approximations to Irrational Numbers and Their Transmission (2002)

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Authors & Contributors
Herrmann, Dietmar
Zellini, Paolo
Slaveva-Griffin, Svetla
Sijzi, Ahmad ibn Muhammad
Shnider, Steven
Schwermer, Joachim
Concepts
Mathematics
Number theory; number concept
Irrational numbers
Transmission of ideas
Arab/Islamic world, civilization and culture
Pi
Time Periods
Ancient
Medieval
Early modern
Modern
Renaissance
20th century
Places
Greece
Rome (Italy)
Mesopotamia
Middle and Near East
Europe
Egypt
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