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

 
Materialtyp
Aktivität
Tags
cube  geometry  history-of-math 
Zielgruppe (Alter)
14 – 18
Sprache
English
 
 
 
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