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Huygensovo vylepšení Archimedovy metody

Title in English An improvement by Huygens of the method of Archimedes
Authors

ŠIMŠA Jaromír

Year of publication 2004
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference Matematika v proměnách věků III, Dějiny matematiky, svazek 24
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Science

Citation
Field General mathematics
Keywords Approximate measuring circles; harmonic and geometric means; regular polygons
Description We deal with a procedure by Huygens which improves the method of Archimedes of measuring circles by means of inscribed and circumscribed polygons.

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