tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433841880619171855.post4794813353157000409..comments2024-03-27T21:09:44.320+00:00Comments on Pat'sBlog: Archimedes and the Square Root of ThreeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433841880619171855.post-10884532706444176342013-12-10T23:04:02.875+00:002013-12-10T23:04:02.875+00:00A Planetmath entry, Archimedes Calculus, also incl...A Planetmath entry, Archimedes Calculus, also includes the square root method ... per <br /><br />http://planetmath.org/archimedescalculus<br /><br />enjoy reading history, problem by problem, recorded by the ancients.milo gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00681791752558320299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433841880619171855.post-16578918443976042332013-12-10T23:01:04.903+00:002013-12-10T23:01:04.903+00:00check out Galileo and Fibonacci's estimations ...check out Galileo and Fibonacci's estimations of numbers .. you'll find that Archimedes used the same inverse proportion method ... need a link or two .. I'll happily provide them ...<br /><br />Babylonian square root were not as accurate as Archimedes, Fiobnacci and Galileo, the later often to 8-decimal places when three inverse proportion steps are applied.milo gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00681791752558320299noreply@blogger.com