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The "Corolarium II" to the proposition XXIII of Saccheri's .

Albert Dou (1992)

Publicacions Matemàtiques

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This "Corolarium" of the (1733) contains an original proof of propositions 1.27 and 1.28 of Euclide's . In the same corollary Saccheri explains why he dispenses "not only with the propositions 1.27 and 1.28, but also with the very propositions 1.16 and 1.17, except when it is clearly dealt with a triangle circumscribed by alls sides"; and also why he rejects Euclide's proof. Moreover the corollarium has implications for confirmation of Saccheri's method; and also for his concept of...

The Area and the Side I Added: Some old Babylonian Geometry

Duncan J. Melville (2005)

Revue d'histoire des mathématiques

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There was a standard procedure in Mesopotamia for solving quadratic problems involving lengths and areas of squares. In this paper, we show, by means of an example from Susa, how area constants were used to reduce problems involving other geometrical figures to the standard form.