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    Ancient Greek mathematics refers to the history of mathematical ideas and texts in Ancient Greece during classical and late antiquity, mostly from the...
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    Ancient Greece (Ancient Greek: Ἑλλάς, romanized: Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th...
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  • in the Hellenistic period of Ancient Greece, education in a gymn school was considered essential for participation in Greek culture. The value of physical...
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  • The Ancient Tradition of Geometric Problems is a book on ancient Greek mathematics, focusing on three problems now known to be impossible if one uses only...
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    who coined the term "mathematics" from the ancient Greek μάθημα (mathema), meaning "subject of instruction". Greek mathematics greatly refined the methods...
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  • Ancient Egyptian mathematics is the mathematics that was developed and used in Ancient Egypt c. 3000 to c. 300 BCE, from the Old Kingdom of Egypt until...
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  • This list of ancient Greek philosophers contains philosophers who studied in ancient Greece or spoke Greek. Ancient Greek philosophy began in Miletus with...
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    unknowns in algebraic equations in the Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta. Greek and other ancient mathematical advances, were often trapped in cycles of bursts of creativity...
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    A History of Greek Mathematics is a book by English historian of mathematics Thomas Heath about history of Greek mathematics. It was published in Oxford...
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    Nicomachus (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
    Manual of Harmonics, which are an important resource on Ancient Greek mathematics and Ancient Greek music in the Roman period. Nicomachus' work on arithmetic...
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    consequences of basic principles. While pure mathematics has existed as an activity since at least ancient Greece, the concept was elaborated upon around the...
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  • Rowan (1987). Ancient Greek Literature and Society. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-1874-7. C. A. Trypanis (1981). Greek Poetry from...
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  • and time. In the 6th century BC, Greek mathematics began to emerge as a distinct discipline and some Ancient Greeks such as the Pythagoreans appeared...
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  • labels in many domains of mathematics, science, and other fields. In both Ancient and Modern Greek, the letters of the Greek alphabet have fairly stable...
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    Although methods of calculating areas and volumes dated from ancient Greek mathematics, the principles of integration were formulated independently by...
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    Ancient Greek technology developed during the 5th century BC, continuing up to and including the Roman period, and beyond. Inventions that are credited...
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    Euclid (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text)
    Euclid (/ˈjuːklɪd/; Ancient Greek: Εὐκλείδης; fl. 300 BC) was an ancient Greek mathematician active as a geometer and logician. Considered the "father...
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    is a timeline of mathematicians in ancient Greece. Historians traditionally place the beginning of Greek mathematics proper to the age of Thales of Miletus...
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  • Greek letters are used in mathematics, science, engineering, and other areas where mathematical notation is used as symbols for constants, special functions...
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    A theatrical culture flourished in ancient Greece from 700 BC. At its centre was the city-state of Athens, which became a significant cultural, political...
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  • Sigma (redirect from Sigma (Greek))
    Ancient Greek: σίγμα) is the eighteenth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 200. In general mathematics,...
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  • astronomy, epistemology, mathematics, political philosophy, ethics, metaphysics, ontology, logic, biology, rhetoric and aesthetics. Greek philosophy continued...
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  • Little Astronomy (category Ancient Greek mathematical works)
    Little Astronomy (Greek: Μικρὸς Ἀστρονομούμενος Mikrós Astronomoúmenos) is a collection of minor works in Ancient Greek mathematics and astronomy dating...
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  • Beta (redirect from Beta (Greek))
    cursive ϐ; Ancient Greek: βῆτα, romanized: bē̂ta or Greek: βήτα, romanized: víta) is the second letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals...
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    Thomas Heath (classicist) (category Scholars of ancient Greek literature)
    civil servant, mathematician, classical scholar, historian of ancient Greek mathematics, translator, and mountaineer. He was educated at Clifton College...
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    results in analysis were implicitly present in the early days of ancient Greek mathematics. For instance, an infinite geometric sum is implicit in Zeno's...
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    and topical guide to ancient Greece: Ancient Greece – Towns of ancient Greece List of ancient Greek cities Regions of ancient Greece Peloponnese Achaea...
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    This played an integral role in the lives of ancient Greeks. There are some fragments of actual Greek musical notation, many literary references, depictions...
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    Ancient Greek astronomy is the astronomy written in the Greek language during classical antiquity. Greek astronomy is understood to include the Ancient...
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    Phi (redirect from Phi (Greek))
    or ϕ; Ancient Greek: ϕεῖ pheî [pʰéî̯]; Modern Greek: φι fi [fi]) is the twenty-first letter of the Greek alphabet. In Archaic and Classical Greek (c. 9th...
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