Article ID: CBB871195795

Commutativity and Collinearity: A Historical Case Study of the Interconnection of Mathematical Ideas. Part I (2016)

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This two-part paper investigates the discovery of an intriguing and fundamental connection between the famous but apparently unrelated mathematical work of two late third-century mathematicians, a link that went unnoticed for well over 1500 years. In this, the first installment of the paper, we examine the initial chain of mathematical events that would ultimately lead to the discovery of this remarkable link between two seemingly distinct areas of mathematics, encompassing contributions by a variety of mathematicians, from the most distinguished to the relatively unknown.

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Authors & Contributors
Christianidis, Jean P.
Thomaidis, Yannis
Katz, Mikhail G.
Zhmud, Leonid
Yusta, Piedad
Shnider, Steven
Concepts
Mathematics
Mathematicians
Algebra
Equations and formulae
Geometry
Adequality; adaequalitas (mathematics)
Time Periods
Ancient
Medieval
3rd century
4th century
Early modern
Modern
Places
Greece
Rome (Italy)
Alexandria (Egypt)
Rhodes (Greece)
Middle and Near East
Mesopotamia
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