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Cauchy and his modern rivals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 February 2023

William Dunham
William Dunham*
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Research Associate in Mathematics, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010, USA email: bdunham@brynmawr.edu
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In 1879, the Oxford mathematician Charles Dodgson (1832-1898) published Euclid and his modern rivals. This book compared the work of contemporary geometers to that of the Greek master from two millennia earlier. Dodgson, best known by his pen name of ‘Lewis Carroll’, much preferred Euclid. For him, the ancients outshone the moderns.

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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 107 , Issue 568 , March 2023 , pp. 103 - 113
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© The Authors, 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Mathematical Association

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