tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494600399189651849.post2311792096083866418..comments2023-11-03T06:03:54.548-07:00Comments on httprover's 2nd blog: Ptolemy's Construction for the Side of a Pentagon as a FormulaJim Bergquisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10032393950433918867noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494600399189651849.post-15263708634368417192013-09-06T18:23:08.668-07:002013-09-06T18:23:08.668-07:00Note that the letters shown in the Latin figure ar...Note that the letters shown in the Latin figure are A, B, G, D, E & Z which correspond to the Greek letters Α, Β, Γ, Δ, Ε & Ζ suggesting the figure is originally from a Greek text.Jim Bergquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032393950433918867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494600399189651849.post-19680481565411110672013-09-06T17:46:09.592-07:002013-09-06T17:46:09.592-07:00Ptolemy's figure has the same lines as mine. I...Ptolemy's <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=zRgOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP22#v=onepage&q&f=false" rel="nofollow">figure</a> has the same lines as mine. I changed the lettering of the points to the order in which they are introduced in the problem. Z was chosen to represent the center.Jim Bergquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032393950433918867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494600399189651849.post-56252587124966940502013-08-11T17:14:14.928-07:002013-08-11T17:14:14.928-07:00Hello Jim
Thank you for writing such interesting ...Hello Jim<br /><br />Thank you for writing such interesting content.<br /><br />Can you show us what Fig 1-1 looks like on p.48?<br /><br />jonathan<br /><br />Jonathan Crabtreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18048276679222784822noreply@blogger.com