| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1158464 | Historia Mathematica | 2014 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
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.
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Christian Marinus Taisbak,