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Wittgenstein, Ludwig (1889-1951)

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Loci: Convergence

Mathematical Treasures

by Frank J. Swetz and Victor J. Katz

Nasir al-Din al-Tusi's Commentary on Euclid's Elements

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Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201 – 1274) was a Persian astronomer and mathematician.  He is noted for writing the first major work on pure trigonometry as well as for his commentaries on Greek works.  This is a page from a later Arabic edition of his commentary on Euclid’s Elements, a page dealing with Euclid's method of exhaustion.


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