Archimedes transformed: The case of a result stating a maximum for a cubic equation

Archive for History of Exact Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-47

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EID: 0043275450     PISSN: 00039519     EISSN: 14320657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004070050032     Document Type: Article

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