Journal
HISTORIA MATHEMATICA
Volume 41, Issue 1, Pages 103-106Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.hm.2013.10.003
Keywords
Heron; Sequences; Differences; Cube root
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Did Heron (or his teachers) use sequences of differences to find an approximate value of the cube root of an integer? I venture a conjecture of his heuristics and a couple of possible mathematical proofs of his method. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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