Convexity in Greek antiquity

2019/05/21 by Athanase Papadopoulos, Papadopoulos, Athanase
Mathematics · #FOS: Mathematics #History and Overview (math.HO) #Metric Geometry (math.MG) #math.HO #math.MG

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1905.08519

arxiv created 2019/05/21 · arxiv updated 2019/05/22

Abstract

We consider several appearances of the notion of convexity in Greek antiquity, more specifically in mathematics and optics, in the writings of Aristotle, and in art. The final version of this article will appear in the book `Geometry in History', ed. S. G. Dani and A. Papadopoulos, Springer Verlag, 2019.

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