Eutocius d'Ascalon: Commentaire sur le traité des "Coniques" d'Apollonius de Perge (Livres I-IV)

by Micheline Decorps-Foulquier (Editor), Michel Federspiel (Editor)

Overview

Eutocius of Ascalon (4th cent. AD) accompanied his edition of the first four books of Apollonius of Perga's Konika with a commentary. His work is relevant to the history of conic sections and important for the textual transmission of Apollonius. This new critical edition contains the first translation into a modern language and complements the Graeco-Arabic edition of the first four books of the Konika (SGA 1-2).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783110206999
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	06/16/2014
Series:	Scientia Graeco-Arabica , #3
Edition description:	Bilingual
Pages:	379
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.45(h) x (d)
Language:	French
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Micheline Decorps-Foulquier und Michel Federspiel, Université de Clermont II, Frankreich.

Editorial Reviews

"[...] this is a first-rate edition and translation of an important document, the best one available [...]"
Sabetai Unguru in: Gnomon 89 (2017), 5, S. 468-469

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