Published August 27, 2017
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Book Section - Chapter
Archimedes the Geometer: Extending His Tombstone Theorem into the Twenty-First Century
- Creators
- Mnatsakanian, Mamikon
- Other:
- Rorres, Chris
Abstract
Archimedes was a physicist, engineer, mathematician, and astronomer—but above all he was a geometer. He requested that the geometric result he was most proud of—that first revealed the volume and surface area of a sphere—be inscribed on his tombstone. This result is now known as his Tombstone Theorem and here we present a variety of extensions and generalizations of it for the 21st century.
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© Springer International Publishing AG 2017. First online 27 August 2017.Additional details
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- 84164
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- CaltechAUTHORS:20180108-120231371
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- Series Name
- Trends in the History of Science