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 —

 
Resurstyp
Sida
Etiketter
cube  geometry  history-of-math 
Målgrupp (ålder)
14 – 18
Språk
English
 
 
 
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