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Stein, H. Eudoxos and Dedekind: On the ancient Greek theory of ratios and its relation to modern mathematics. Synthese 84, 163–211 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00485377
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- Modern Mathematic
- Greek Theory
- Ancient Greek Theory