Apollonius of Perga’s on Conics: Book Eight Restored or the Book on Determinate Problems Conjectured

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Abstract

When I had set out to publish the [Conics] of Apollonius, it disturbed us not to a small degree that in the Arabic Codex the last book of the Conics was missing. But you, as it is by [your] happy nature, felt at once that there is no need to deplore [the loss], but that surely to some degree it could be restored, given the fact that in Pappus’ Mathematical Collection, [Pappus] himself passed on lemmas serving [what] was to be demonstrated in the seventh and the eighth book of the Conics at the same time; whereas in the other books, different [lemmas] to the different [books] are provided.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
PublisherSpringer
Pages37-113
Number of pages77
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2012

Publication series

NameSources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
ISSN (Print)2196-8810
ISSN (Electronic)2196-8829

Keywords

  • Conjugate Pair
  • Major Axis
  • Minor Axis
  • Transverse Axis
  • Transverse Diameter

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Mathematics (miscellaneous)
  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
  • History and Philosophy of Science

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