A Dialogue on the Use of Arithmetic in Geometry: Van Ceulen's and Snellius's Fundamenta Arithmetica et Geometrica (2010)
Wreede, Liesbeth C. de (Author)
Historia Mathematica
Volume: 37
Pages: 376--402
Publication date: 2010
Language: English
Edition Details: Part of a special issue, “Contexts, Emergence and Issues of Cartesian Geometry”
Snellius's Fundamenta Arithmetica et Geometrica (1615) is much more than a Latin translation of Ludolph van Ceulen's Arithmetische en Geometrische Fondamenten. Willebrord Snellius both adapted and commented on the Dutch original in his Fundamenta, and thus his Latin version can be read as a dialogue between representatives of two different approaches to mathematics in the early modern period: Snellius's humanist approach and Van Ceulen's practitioner's approach. This article considers the relationship between the Dutch and Latin versions of the text and, in particular, puts some of their statements on the use of numbers in geometry under the microscope. In addition, Snellius's use of the Fundamenta as an instrument to further his career is explained.
...MoreDescription “Considers the relationship between the Dutch and Latin versions of the text [particularly] their statements on the use of numbers in geometry.” (from the abstract)
Article Maronne, Sébastien (2010) Contexts, Emergence and Issues of Cartesian Geometry: In Honour of Henk Bos's 70th Birthday. Historia Mathematica (p. 341).
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