Diagrams in the Arabic Euclidean tradition: A preliminary assessment

Historia Mathematica

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 129-179

  De Young, Gregg ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO   (Egypt)

Author keywords

al Hajj j; Diagrams; Elements; Euclid; Geometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444395545     PISSN: 03150860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hm.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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