Book:P. Dedron/Mathematics and Mathematicians/Volume 2

Contents

 * Foreword


 * 1. Written Numbers and Numerical Calculations
 * 1.1 Egypt
 * 1.2 Mesopotamia
 * 1.3 Greece
 * 1.4 Latins
 * 1.5 Hindus, Arabs and Western Europeans


 * 2. Algebraic Notations and First Degree Problems
 * 2.1 Notations
 * 2.2 The first degree
 * 2.3 Arithmetical and combinatorial problems


 * 3. Second-Degree Problems
 * 3.1 Square roots
 * 3.2 Quadratic equations
 * 3.3 Euclid
 * 3.4 Applications to the conic sections
 * 3.5 Book $\text X$ of Euclid's Elements


 * 4. Pythagoras's Theorem


 * 5. Trigonometry


 * 6. Duplication of the Cube and Trisection of the Angle
 * 6.1 Duplication of the cube or the Delian problem
 * 6.2 Trisection of the angle


 * 7. Squaring the Circle


 * Bibliographical References


 * General Index