File:Greek minuscule numerals Cod.Const.Pal.Vet.f96r.svg

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English: Two Greek phrases from a mathematical treatise, written in Greek minuscule, 11th/12th century, copied for illustration of Greek numeral symbols. From Hero of Alexandria's Metrica, Codex Constantinopolitanus Veteris Palatii 1, f.96r, c.1100 AD. Text shown:

[…] γίγνεται ͵θϡϟϛ δʹ ϛʹ […]
[…] ἔσται τὸ στερεὸν […]"

Text shows instances of the numeral symbols Sampi, Koppa and Digamma next to each other in the number "9996 4/6", as well as two instances of the ligature σ-τ ("Stigma") in the second phrase.
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Source Own work, after W. R. Knorr, "Archimedes and the measurement of the circle: A new interpretation", Archive for History of Exact Sciences 15 (1976): 122.
Author Future Perfect at Sunrise
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