2020/09/10 by Salomon Ofman, Ofman, Salomon
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Mathematics #History and Overview (math.HO) #History and Theory of Mathematics #Mathematical and Theoretical Analysis #Quantum Mechanics and Applications
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2009.04802
openalex publication_date 2020/09/10 · openalex created_date 2022/07/25 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Barry Mazur published an article some year ago, where he showed, among other\nthings, that the result in the so-called mathematical passage of Plato s\nTheatetus and Euclid s proposition X.9 in the Elements are very different,\nwhile almost all historians and commentators have claimed the opposite. In this\nlecture, we consider this question to try to understand how and why could have\nhappened such an error, this 'strange delusion' to quote Mazur.\n