Immanuel ben Jacob of Tarascon (Fourteenth Century) and Archimedean Geometry
An Alternative Proof for the Area of a Circle
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23012781 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Levy Levy (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 135 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Aleph (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1565-1525 • E-ISSN: 1553-3956 |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/aleph.12.1.135 |
| OpenAlex | W2121544822 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 14 |
Immanuel ben Jacob of Tarascon (fourteenth century) is the (likely) author of an alternative proof for the area of a circle: it is equal to the product of half the circumference by the radius (Proposition 1 of Archimedes’ Measurement of the Circle ). The proposed proof pertains to the history of Archimedean geometry. It probably comes from the Latin medieval heritage of the work by the Banū Mūsā (Baghdad, ninth century).
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |