The area of a circle is to the square on its diameter as 11 to 14.
[The text of this proposition is not satisfactory, and Archimedes cannot have placed it before Proposition 3, as the approximation depends upon the result of that proposition.]
The area of a circle is to the square on its diameter as 11 to 14.
[The text of this proposition is not satisfactory, and Archimedes cannot have placed it before Proposition 3, as the approximation depends upon the result of that proposition.]