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Pappus of Alexandria Book 7 of the Collection

Part 1. Introduction, Text, and Translation and Part 2. Commentary Index, And Figures

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  • © 1986

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Editors:
  1. Alexander Jones

    1. Vancouver, Canada

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Part of the book series: Sources in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences (SOURCES, volume 8)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Part 1

    1. Front Matter

      Pages xi-xi
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    2. Pappus and the Collection

      • Alexander Jones
      Pages 1-65

    3. Introduction to Book 7

      • Alexander Jones
      Pages 66-74

    4. Editorial Principles

      • Alexander Jones
      Pages 75-78

    5. Abbreviations Used in the Apparatus

      • Alexander Jones
      Pages 79-80

    6. Pappus of Alexandria The Collection Book 7

      • Alexander Jones
      Pages 82-375

  3. Part 2

    1. Front Matter

      Pages xvi-xvi
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    2. Notes

      • Alexander Jones
      Pages 377-509

    3. Essays on the Lost Works

      • Alexander Jones
      Pages 510-546

    4. B. Euclid’s Porisms

      • Alexander Jones
      Pages 547-572

    5. C. The Loci of Aristaeus, Euclid, and Eratosthenes

      • Alexander Jones
      Pages 573-599

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 600-749
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About this book

The seventh book of Pappus's Collection, his commentary on the Domain (or Treasury) of Analysis, figures prominently in the history of both ancient and modern mathematics: as our chief source of information concerning several lost works of the Greek geometers Euclid and Apollonius, and as a book that inspired later mathematicians, among them Viete, Newton, and Chasles, to original discoveries in their pursuit of the lost science of antiquity. This presentation of it is concerned solely with recovering what can be learned from Pappus about Greek mathematics. The main part of it comprises a new edition of Book 7; a literal translation; and a commentary on textual, historical, and mathematical aspects of the book. It proved to be convenient to divide the commentary into two parts, the notes to the text and translation, and essays about the lost works that Pappus discusses. The first function of an edition of this kind is, not to expose new discoveries, but to present a reliable text and organize the accumulated knowledge about it for the reader's convenience. Nevertheless there are novelties here. The text is based on a fresh transcription of Vat. gr. 218, the archetype of all extant manuscripts, and in it I have adopted numerous readings, on manuscript authority or by emendation, that differ from those of the old edition of Hultsch. Moreover, many difficult parts of the work have received little or no commentary hitherto.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Vancouver, Canada

    Alexander Jones

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Pappus of Alexandria Book 7 of the Collection

  • Book Subtitle: Part 1. Introduction, Text, and Translation and Part 2. Commentary Index, And Figures

  • Editors: Alexander Jones

  • Series Title: Sources in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4908-5

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1986

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-96257-3Published: 19 December 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-9355-2Published: 26 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-4908-5Published: 09 November 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0172-6315

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 760

  • Topics: Geometry

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