fl. c. 320 CE · mathematician
Pappus of Alexandria
Πάππος
Known · AttestedWorked in Alexandria.
In Alexandria: c. 320 CE
His Collection gathers and comments on three centuries of Greek geometry, preserving much that is otherwise lost, including what is known of Euclid's Porisms. He also commented on Ptolemy.
Our device: Their emblem is a geometer's ruler. No portrait of any of these people survives. The emblems are our devices.
On the shelves
- Pappus of Alexandria, Collection · c. 320 CE · Survives in large part
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Sources (2)
- Pappus, Collection 7 preface
- S. Cuomo, Ancient Mathematics (London: Routledge, 2001)