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Archimedes Revisited

by O. Bottema

This article originally appeared in:
Mathematics Magazine
September, 1984

Subject classification(s): Geometry and Topology | Analytic Geometry | Conics
Applicable Course(s): 4.9 Geometry

A generalization of a geometric theorem by Archimedes is proven.


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