Publication details

Giovanni Torricelli jako matematik

Title in English Giovanni Torricelli as mathematician
Authors

BERÁNEK Jaroslav

Year of publication 2023
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Studia Scientifica Facultatis Paedagogicae Universitas Catholica Ružomberok
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Education

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.

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