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The Geometry

In: Nicolas Chuquet, Renaissance Mathematician

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  • Barbara Moss
  • Cynthia Hay
  • Graham Flegg

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Chuquet’s Geometry begins with two phrases which delineate its character and its interest for the history of mathematics. It is a “small treatise in practical geometry” which illustrates “how the science of numbers can be applied to the measurements of geometry.” The first part of the Geometry is concerned with basic geometrical ideas. Chuquet also discusses measuring devices such as the quadrant and gauges for wine vessels, and their uses in practical measurement; these topics were part of the tradition of practical geometry. The algebra developed in the Triparty is illustrated in the longest section of the Geometry, the third section, in which a series of problems applies the rules developed both in the Triparty and in the first section of the Geometry.

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  • Barbara Moss & Cynthia Hay & Graham Flegg, 1985. "The Geometry," Springer Books, in: Graham Flegg & Cynthia Hay & Barbara Moss (ed.), Nicolas Chuquet, Renaissance Mathematician, chapter 0, pages 234-290, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-94-009-6502-7_7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-6502-7_7
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