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The Method of Analysis and Synthesis in the History of Mathematics
Other Titles: Episodes from Greek Antiquity, the Medieval Arabic period, and the European Renaissance until the 18th Century
Authors: Nikolantonakis, Konstantinos
Reviewer: Papadopetrakis, Eftihis
Subject: MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE > MATHEMATICS > HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY > HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS AND MATHEMATICIANS
HUMANITIES AND ARTS > HISTORY > SPECIALIZED HISTORIES > HISTORY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY
MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE > MATHEMATICS > HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY
Keywords:
History of Mathematics
Method of Analysis
Method of Synthesis
Ancient Greek mathematical tradition
Arabic mathematical tradition
European mathematical and scientific tradition
Description:
Abstract:
This project attempts to approach the topic of analysis and synthesis from Greek Antiquity, the Arabic tradition, and the European Renaissance up to the 18th century. It consists of three major sections. The first section approaches the method of analysis and synthesis in the ancient Greek mathematical tradition, from Plato to Pappus, which, first of all, includes the considerations of Plato and Aristotle, by using original passages from their treatises. Then a series of mathematical propositions from treatises by Euclid, Archimedes, Apollonius, Heron, and Pappus is presented, case by case. Reference is made to theoretical issues of the method as they were posed and applied and, of course, as they influenced all posteriors in the Arab and Western European tradition. In the second section, we move on to analyzing and synthesizing the Arab mathematical tradition, from Ibrahim ibn-Sinan to Ibn al-Haytham, with the intermediate addition of Abu Sahl al-Kuhi. Their considerations, as well as their mathematical propositions, are presented. Finally, in the third section, we conclude with an analysis and synthesis of the European mathematical and, more broadly, scientific tradition from the Renaissance to the 18th century, from Viète to Leibniz. The third section includes, in addition to Viète and Leibniz, Galileo, Descartes, and Newton. The presentations include their theoretical approaches and case-by-case issues concerning mathematics, physics, and general methodology.
Linguistic Editors: Alexaki, Maria Eirini Emmanouella
Graphic Editors: Papavasiliou, Spiridon
Type: Monograph
Creation Date: 02-03-2023
Item Details:
ISBN 978-618-5726-17-1
License: Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-173
Handle http://hdl.handle.net/11419/9132
Bibliographic Reference: Nikolantonakis, K. (2023). The Method of Analysis and Synthesis in the History of Mathematics [Monograph]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-173
Language: Greek
Consists of:
1. The Method of Analysis and Synthesis in the Mathematical Synagogue of Pappus of Alexandria
2. The origins of the method of Analysis and Synthesis in the treatises of Aristotle
3. Clips of elements of analysis – synthesis in Pre-Euclidean Mathematics
4. Points of the method of Analysis and Synthesis in Euclid's treatises
5. The method of Analysis and Synthesis in Archimedes' treatise On the sphere and cylinder
6. The method of Analysis and Synthesis in the treatises Conics and On cutting of a ratio by Apollonius of Perga
7. The method of Analysis and Synthesis in the treatise Metrica by Heron of Alexandria
8. The Method of Analysis and Synthesis in the Mathematical Synagogue of Pappus of Alexandria
9. The method of Analysis and Synthesis in the Treatise of the method of Analysis and Synthesis and other ways of solving geometric problems by Ibrahim Ibn – Sinan
10. The method of Analysis in the treatise Drawing two lines from a point to a given angle by Abu Sahl al Kuhi
11. The method of Analysis and Synthesis in Treatises of Ibn al-Haytham
12. The method of analysis and synthesis in treatises of Viète
13. The method of analysis and synthesis in the work of Galileo
14. The Method of Analysis and Synthesis in the work of Descartes
15. The Method of Analysis and Synthesis in Newton's Methodology
16. The method of analysis and synthesis in the work of Leibniz
Number of pages 278
Publication Origin: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions
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