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

 
Tipo di risorsa
Attività
Tag
cube  geometry  history-of-math 
Gruppo di riferimento (età)
14 – 18
Lingua
English
 
 
 
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