Duplicating the cube: Eratosthenes' mean finder

This diagram illustrates Eratosthenes' mechanical method to find two mean proportional to two given numbers. This is equivalent to duplicating the cube.

 

Oscar Chavez

 
Type de ressources
Activité
Balises
cube  geometry  history-of-math 
Tranche d'âges
14 – 18
Langue
English
 
 
 
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