HPS100H1 Study Guide - Diophantus, Axiomatic System, Eudoxus Of Cnidus
12 May 2015
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Greek mathematics has been available for hundreds of years, unlike egyptian and. The apparent emergence of advanced mathematics before the works of egyptians and babylonians were acknowledged or examined is called the. Integral calculus and measure theory developed from the work on area in greek. Euclid"s elements was written around 300 bc and is one of the first mathematical treatises to survive. Archimedes is sometimes referred to as the greatest mathematician of antiquity. Ptolemy used astronomy and trigonometry, which he developed, to describe details of the movements of the sun, moon, and planets. Collections was a compendium of the existing mathematical works of the time. Pappus was considered to be the last well known. [type text] mathematician of greek antiquity. Book 7 of collections discussed mathematical analysis. Pappus documented mathematical solutions of 3 great problems in mathematics, and introduced new innovations to the field of mathematics. Ancient greece included sicily, rhodes, crete, asia minor/anatolia/ioma/turkey,
