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Quadr.ivit par.ilbolcn Archinicdes infcriptionc continua triangulorum exiftentium ċv λċγωρxτω, Queniam enim triangulo maximo pabolxinferipto, fuperinferipfit triangula in continua rationc ad maximum illud conflanter fubquadrupla in in finitum: Idco conclufit parabolcn cffe maximi illius trianguli fefquitertiam. Atira circulum quadrare nefcivit Antiphon, quoniam circulo inferipta continuc triangula cxiltunt ċv λċγωρxτω, & vago. An igitur circulus non potcrit cluadrlri Si cnim figura compofita cx triangulis in rarione fubquadrupla ad datum maximum triangulum conftitutis in infinitum, fit ad idcm fefquitcrtia, infuiitorum alidua fcicntia cft. Et figura quoguc plana potcrit componi cx triangulis circulo in infinitum continue inferiptis ċv λċγωρxτω, & vago. Et compolira illa ad maximum triangulum inferiptum aliquam habcbit rationcm. Valcbunt autem Euclidxi adlcrcntcs angulum majorem acuto & minorcm obtufo non cffe redum. Circa hæc, ut liccat libcrius Philofophari de inccrra illa & inconftanti polygoni cujufvis ordinarc inferipti ad polyg0num infinitorum laterum, feu, fiplacer, circulum, ita propano.
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Berggren, L., Borwein, J., Borwein, P. (2000). Viète. Variorum de Rebus Mathematicis Reponsorum Liber VIII (1593). In: Pi: A Source Book. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3240-5_9
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