10050v
[Commentary:
The problem pursued in this and many other folios in Add MS 6784 is 'the cutting-off of an area',
as set out in Pappus, Mathematicae collectiones
(Pappus , Book 7. For a statement of the problem see Add MS 6784
f. . ]
pag. 10.
propositio. 2. de resectione
[Translation: Proposition 2, on the cutting off of an ]
propositio. 2. de resectione
[Translation: Proposition 2, on the cutting off of an ]
pappus
p. 135
p. 135
Determinatio.
oportet sit æqualis
vel maioris
vel maioris quam
[Translation: Determination.
It is required that is equal to or greater than , or is greater than .
oportet sit æqualis
vel maioris
vel maioris quam
[Translation: Determination.
It is required that is equal to or greater than , or is greater than .
