2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Database of the diagrams of ancient and medieval mathematical works
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21300325
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Sociology/History of science and technology
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| Research Institution | Osaka Prefecture University |
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Principal Investigator |
SAITO Ken 大阪府立大学, 人間社会学部, 教授 (10221988)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
NATHAN C Sidoli 早稲田大学, 国際教養学部, 講師 (50548922)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2012
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| Keywords | 科学史 |
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| Research Abstract |
We have developed a software DRaFT which enables easy and accurate reproduction of mathematical diagrams which appear in manuscripts. The reproduction of the diagrams in major manuscripts of following works has been published: Euclid’s ElementsBooks VI, XI, XII, XIII (including those of Book XII in Bologna manuscript, which are considerably DIFFERENT from other traditions, and have been inedited), Arabic version of Menalaus’ Spherics by Al-Harawi. The reproduction as well as the software is available at http://www.greekmath.org. We have also made some suggestions concerning the principle of critical assessment of variants of diagrams in different manuscripts.
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