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Re: [HM] Euclid
Posted:
Nov 12, 2002 8:42 AM
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Dear all,
I have been following the postings on Euclid with some interest. One
question: Is there a discrepancy between the following two messages?
Greetings from cold Toronto
George Gheverghese Joseph
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David Fowler <david.fowler@warwick.ac.uk> writes:
> << What is known, at present,
> 1. on the person Euclid ... >>
>
> Nothing.
>
> << 2. And more importantly, on the origin of the texts of which he
> is (or was) supposed to be the author? >>
>
> Almost all of our texts come from Constantinople, the earliest from
> 888 AD, closer time to us than to the supposed date of Euclid!
Kim Plofker <Kim_Plofker@brown.edu> writes:
> ??Proclus says "He [Euclid] lived in the time of Ptolemy the
> First, for Archimedes, who lived after the time of the first Ptolemy,
> mentions Euclid" (apparently meaning only a reference to the _Elements_,
> the genuineness of which has been questioned).
> Apollonius and Pappus mention Euclid by name.
George
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Dr George Gheverghese Joseph
School of Education, University of Exeter, England
(G.G.Joseph@exeter.ac.uk)
School of Economic Studies and Centre for Mathematics Education,
University of Manchester, England
(george.joseph@man.ac.uk)
Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology,
University of Toronto, Canada
(george.joseph@utoronto.ca)
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