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Apollonius of Perga
Apollonius of Perga (ˌæpəˈləʊnɪəs; ˈpɜːɡə) n (Biography) ?261–?190 bc, Greek mathematician, remembered for his treatise on conic sectionsApollonius of Perga
Apollonius of Perga, fl. 247–205 B.C., Greek mathematician of the Alexandrian school. He produced a treatise on conic sections that included, as well as his own work, much of the work of his predecessors, among whom was Euclid. Apollonius introduced the terms parabola, hyperbola, and ellipse. In his works Greek mathematics reached its culmination. |