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I like his proof of a the volume of a cone. I usually considered it via Euclid XII, prop 7, which was always hard to visualize. Starting with 6 pyramids in a cu
by lurquer 7y ago
I like his proof of a the volume of a cone. I usually considered it via Euclid XII, prop 7, which was always hard to visualize. Starting with 6 pyramids in a cube is ingenious.
https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/java/elements/bookXII/propXII7.html https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/java/elements/bookXII/prop...