The Critical Edition of the Mathematical Texts of Greek Antiquity: Challenges and Methods
摘要
The present study aims to analyze the evolution of methods used in the publication of mathematical works from Greek antiquity. The progress made in the history of texts offers the instruments necessary for measuring what can separate the author’s text in its original form from the various editions produced in the course of time. The evolution of book production techniques, the influence exerted by the circles that took over the transmission of scientific knowledge, and the conceptual bases that have influenced the intervention of publishers are all elements to be taken into account by the historian of science in judging the exact nature of the transmitted text and evaluating what its present form owes to the path taken to reach us.