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DÉMONSTRATION PAR L'ABSURDE OU DÉMONSTRATION DIRECTE: AL-SIJZĪ, SUR L'INCOMMENSURABILITÉ DE LA DIAGONALE AVEC LE CÔTÉ

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 January 2019

Roshdi Rashed*
Affiliation:
Laboratoire SPHERE, UMR 7219, université Paris Diderot – CNRS

Abstract

In this paper, I examine the opposition between direct proof and proof per impossibile, introduced by al-Sijzī (second half of the 10th century) in his treatise entitled The side is not commensurable with the diagonal. From this example he gives to illustrate this opposition, al-Sijzī argues the superiority of the direct proof. In this paper, I also give the editio princeps of his treatise, as well as its first translation.

Résumé

Cet article examine l'opposition entre preuve directe et preuve per impossibile, introduite en géométrie par al-Sijzī (seconde moitié du xe siècle) dans un mémoire intitulé Le côté n'est pas commensurable à la diagonale. À partir de cet exemple qu'il donne pour illustrer cette opposition, al-Sijzī défend en effet la supériorité de la preuve directe. L'article propose également l'editio princeps et la première traduction de ce mémoire.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2019 

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