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1999 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

Euclid Book V: The General Theory of Proportions

verfasst von : Benno Artmann

Erschienen in: Euclid—The Creation of Mathematics

Verlag: Springer New York

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One of the main discoveries of Pythagoras was the relation between musical harmonics and the ratios of segments on a monochord, the simplest one being 2 : 1 for the octave. Much has been written about this. We will complement it by a short look at architecture and the arts.

Metadaten
Titel
Euclid Book V: The General Theory of Proportions
verfasst von
Benno Artmann
Copyright-Jahr
1999
Verlag
Springer New York
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1412-0_14