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 de recurso
Actividad
Etiquetas
cube  geometry  history-of-math 
Grupo destino (edad)
14 – 18
Idioma
English
 
 
 
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