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Pappus of Alexandria Biography |
Pappus of Alexandria is one of the most important mathematicians of ancient Greek time, known for his work Synagoge (�Collection�).
He was born at Alexandria of Egypt. Although very little is known about his life, the written records suggest he was a teacher.
His principal work is known as the Synagoge (c. 340). Comprising of at least eight volumes while the rest were lost, the collection covers a wide range of mathematical topics, including geometry, recreational mathematics, constructing a cube having twice the volume of a given cube, polygons and polyhedra.
In geometry, there are several theorems that are known by the generic name Pappus's Theorem, attributing them to Pappus of Alexandria. They include:
Pappus's centroid theorem,
the Pappus chain,
Pappus's harmonic theorem, and
Pappus's hexagon theorem. |
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