TY - JOUR
T1 - How to construct an isosceles triangle
T2 - Variations of a case added to Euclid's elements, in the medieval Hebrew tradition
AU - Elior, Ofer
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - In this paper I examine three versions of a case added to Euclid's Elements, Book I, proposition 1, which are found in three late medieval Hebrew texts based on the Elements. The added case explains how to construct an isosceles triangle. Following a brief discussion of this problem and its solutions in the Greek, Arabic, and Latin traditions, I examine the constructions in the Hebrew texts and their peculiarities. In an Appendix I present a partial English translation of the version of this added case found in Ibn al-Haytham's On the Resolution of Doubts on Euclid's Elements.
AB - In this paper I examine three versions of a case added to Euclid's Elements, Book I, proposition 1, which are found in three late medieval Hebrew texts based on the Elements. The added case explains how to construct an isosceles triangle. Following a brief discussion of this problem and its solutions in the Greek, Arabic, and Latin traditions, I examine the constructions in the Hebrew texts and their peculiarities. In an Appendix I present a partial English translation of the version of this added case found in Ibn al-Haytham's On the Resolution of Doubts on Euclid's Elements.
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U2 - 10.2979/aleph.18.2.0159
DO - 10.2979/aleph.18.2.0159
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AN - SCOPUS:85055822841
SN - 1565-1525
VL - 18
SP - 159
EP - 180
JO - Aleph
JF - Aleph
IS - 2
ER -