Hippocrates and Archytas Double the Cube: A Heuristic Interpretation.

Hughes, Barnabas B.

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ERIC Number: EJ389598

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Publication Date: 1989

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Hippocrates and Archytas Double the Cube: A Heuristic Interpretation.

Hughes, Barnabas B.

College Mathematics Journal, v20 n1 p42-48 Jan 1989

Illustrates how heuristics can provide a psychological narrative of Hippocrates' and Archytas' thinking on the duplication of the cube. Four general heuristic techniques were used. (YP)

Descriptors: College Mathematics, Geometric Concepts, Geometry, Heuristics, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematical Models, Mathematicians, Mathematics, Mathematics History, Problem Solving

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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