ANCIENT GREEK MATHEMATICO-PHYSICAL PARADOX

Glenn W. Erickson; John A. Fossa

doi:10.15448/1984-6746.1996.164.35918

Autores

Glenn W. Erickson Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, UFSM.
John A. Fossa Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, UFRN

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-6746.1996.164.35918

Palavras-chave:

Paradoxo, Matemática, Zenon

Resumo

Neste artigo revisa-se a literatura sobre paradoxos matemático-físicos gregos antigos. Trata-se de paradoxo de números irracionais, o dilema de Democritus, a antinomia de mudança, bem como os seguintes paradoxos de Zenon: a dicotomia, o Aquiles, os blocos móveis, o argumento contra a pluralidade, o dilema e a semente de painço.

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