Diagrams

Last update 4/Apr/2011

This site is maintained by Ken Saito

Research on Diagrams in Greek mathematical Texts

This research is supported by KAKENHI, or Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Category B, ID 17300287, April 2005 - March 2008
Category B, ID 21300325, April 2009 -

On this web page, the latest version of the report is available which contains diagrams of Euclid's Phaenomena, some books of the Elements, and Optics, reproduced from manuscripts.

Research Report : Updates and previous versions

(Latest) Apr 3, 2011 : Web version 2.03 DOWNLOAD (PDF)

Contents
1. Gregg De YoungDRaFT Software --- A User Report(March 2008)
2. Takanori SuzukiThe Diagrams of the Phaenomena in Greek and Arabic Manuscripts(March 2008, last update May 2008)
3. Ken SaitoThe Diagrams of Book II and III of the Elements in Greek Manuscripts(March 2008, last update April 2011)
4. Ken'ichi Takahashi Diagrams in Euclid's Optica --- A Preliminary Examination of Its Various Texts(March 2008, last update May 2008)
5. Ken SaitoThe Diagrams of Book IV of the Elements in Greek Manuscripts(new in May 2008 version, last update November 2008)
6. Ken SaitoThe Diagrams of Book VI of the Elements in two Greek Manuscripts(new in December 2008 version)

Changes in ver. 2.03
The diagrams of proposition III.36 in codex F (article 2) has been revised.

Changes in ver. 2.02
The article no. 6 is new in this 2.02 version. The diagram of proposition IV.16 in codex V (article 5) has been revised.

Dec 2, 2008 : Web version 2.02 DOWNLOAD (PDF)

May 8, 2008 : Web version 1.00 DOWNLOAD (PDF)

Major changes in version 1.00

March 31, 2008 : Official printed version of the research report.

DRaFT distribution

DRaFT is a software for reproducing diagrams from image files. developed and used in this project. For its concise description, see De Young's paper in the report.

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