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Jones, Phillip S. Irrationals or Incommensurables. III. The Greek solution. Mathematics Teacher 49 (1956), 282--85.
Shows how Eudoxus' Method of Exhaustion is used to prove that circles are to one another as the squares on their diameters. Reprinted in Swetz, Frank J., From Five Fingers to Infinity. Closely related topics: The Method of Exhaustion, The Measurement of Area and Volume, and The Circle.Modify notes on this entry Modify bibliography entry Make comment on this entry
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