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Circle Quadrature in the Seventeenth Century by Jesper Lützen is a mathematics available to read on EtoBox.
What is Circle Quadrature in the Seventeenth Century about?
Many of the most famous results in mathematics are impossibility theorems stating that something cannot be done. Good examples include the quadrature of the circle by ruler and compass, the solution of the quintic equation by radicals, Fermat's last theorem, and the impossibility of proving the parallel postulate from the other axioms of Euclidean geometry. This book tells the history of these and many other impossibility theorems starting with the ancient Greek proof of the incommensurability o
Who reads Circle Quadrature in the Seventeenth Century?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Jesper Lützen
- Publisher
- Oxford University PressOxford
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780191959479
- Category
- mathematics
- Subjects
- Mathematics, Philosophy, History
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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