Publication details
Giovanni Torricelli jako matematik
| Title in English | Giovanni Torricelli as mathematician |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2023 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Studia Scientifica Facultatis Paedagogicae Universitas Catholica Ružomberok |
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| Citation | |
| Web | http://studiascientifica.ku.sk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/02_beranek_ssf_5_2023.pdf |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.54937/ssf.2023.22.5.19-30 |
| Keywords | Giovanni Torricelli; Torricelli’s point; Torricelli’s trumpet; cissoid of Diocles |
| Description | The article was created as the result of the research oriented at innovation of the content and forms of secondary school mathematics teaching. A famous Italian scholar Giovanni Evangelista Torricelli is most famous for his physical discoveries. Nevertheless, nowadays it is less known that he dealt with mathematics as well. This article is devoted to his several mathematics results. After a short historical introduction, the author gives the construction of Torricelli’s point in a triangle; further he describes an interesting geometrical figure, Torricelli’s trumpet, and its analogy, created by rotation of Cissoid of Diocles. |