Redefining geometrical exactness : Descartes' transformation of the early modern concept of construction / Henk J.M. Bos.
In his "Géométrie" of 1637 Descartes achieved a monumental innovation of mathematical techniques by introducing what is now called analytic geometry. Yet the key question of the book was foundational rather than technical: When are geometrical objects known with such clarity and distinctne...
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