Leo the Mathematician, the Grammarian or the Philosopher (Ancient Greek: Λέων ὁ Μαθηματικός or ὁ Φιλόσοφος, Léōn ho Mathēmatikós or ho Philósophos; c. 790...
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the state to control growth as described in the Book of the Eparch. While in science and mathematics, Leo the Mathematician contributed vastly on the...
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Leo Vincent Woodall (born 14 September 1996) is a British actor. He gained recognition with his roles in the second season of the HBO satirical anthology...
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Photios I of Constantinople (redirect from Photius the Great)
a friend of the Byzantine scholar and teacher Leo the Mathematician. Photius I says that, when he was young, he had an inclination for the monastic life...
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Byzantine beacon system (category 9th century in the Byzantine Empire)
line within an hour. The system was reportedly devised in the reign of Emperor Theophilos (ruled 829–842) by Leo the Mathematician, and functioned through...
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Thessalonica to replace Leo the Mathematician. Anthony died on 2 November 843. Gregory the Presbyter included the biography of Anthony the Confessor in his vita...
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Leo the Philosopher may refer to: Leo the Mathematician (c. 790–after 869), Byzantine philosopher Leo VI the Wise (866–912), Byzantine emperorer This disambiguation...
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thriller television series created by Steve Thompson and starring Leo Woodall as a mathematician. It premiered on Apple TV+ on 22 January 2025, consisting of...
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Byzantine Empire (redirect from Byzantine Empire, The)
compiled Archimedes' works which Leo the Mathematician (c. 850) incorporated into formal courses, and is why the Archimedes Palimpsest is known today...
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Ancient Greek mathematics (redirect from Greek mathematician)
5th century BC to the 6th century AD. Greek mathematicians lived in cities spread around the shores of the ancient Mediterranean, from Anatolia to Italy...
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from the border with the Abbasid Caliphate, across Anatolia to the imperial palace in the Byzantine capital, Constantinople. It was devised by Leo the Mathematician...
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Seminara Theodore Balsamon Leo the Mathematician Athanasios of Emesa Eustathius of Thessalonica John Chortasmenos Theoderic the Great Aspar Simeon I of Bulgaria...
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critic, The New Yorker Ralph de Toledano – author Glen de Vries – American entrepreneur in the field of medical science and pharmacology Joseph Leo Doob...
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Michael III (redirect from Michael III the Drunkard)
the fostering of intellecutal life in the form of the reorganisation of the imperial university at the Maganaura palace under Leo the Mathematician....
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Leo Moser (11 April 1921, Vienna – 9 February 1970, Edmonton) was an Austrian-Canadian mathematician, best known for his polygon notation. A native of...
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reassessed positively in the ninth century by the first generation of Byzantine humanists, such as Leo the Mathematician, Basil of Adada and Photios. In his Bibliotheca...
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founded the Magnaura School with seats for philosophy, grammar, astronomy and mathematics, supported scholars like Leo the Mathematician and promoted the missionary...
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physical anthropologist Claudio Bunster – theoretical physicist Leo Corry – mathematician Julián Elfenbein – journalist, television host Daniel Emilfork...
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geography, chronology, and other fields Leo the Mathematician, Byzantine philosopher and logician associated with the Macedonian Renaissance Anania Narekatsi...
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centuries) mathematicians like Michael Psellos considered mathematics as a way to interpret the world. After learning of Leo the Mathematician, the Abbasid...
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Cometas (category Epigrammatists of the Greek Anthology)
Bardas at the new school in the Magnaura founded by Leo the Mathematician. His literary output included epigrams, of which six are extant in the Greek Anthology...
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John VII of Constantinople (category Ambassadors of the Byzantine Empire to the Abbasid Caliphate)
many influential Byzantines in the mid-ninth century, such as Photios, John the Grammarian and Leo the Mathematician, as Armenian in origin, but these...
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Leo Königsberger (15 October 1837 – 15 December 1921) was a German mathematician, and historian of science. He is best known for his three-volume biography...
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List of medieval European scientists (category Science in the Middle Ages)
universo. His teaching earned him the accolade of "Praeceptor Germaniae," or "the teacher of Germany." Leo the Mathematician (c. 790 – after 869) was a Byzantine...
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Greek Anthology (redirect from The Greek Anthology)
pl] Julian (emperor) Julian Antecessor [el; fr] Julianus the Egyptian Laco Leo the Mathematician Leonidas of Alexandria Leonidas of Tarentum Leontius Scholasticus [el;...
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The Macedonian Renaissance occurred in the period of the Macedonian dynasty from 867 to 1056. Leo the Mathematician (c. 790–after 869) Georgios Monachos...
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line within an hour. The system was reportedly devised in the reign of Emperor Theophilos (ruled 829–842) by Leo the Mathematician, and functioned through...
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philosopher and mathematician George Pachymeres the mathematician Maximus Planudes, the painter Theophanes the Greek, the poet Manuel Philes and the writer Joseph...
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Joseph L. Doob (redirect from Joseph Leo Doob)
Joseph Leo Doob (February 27, 1910 – June 7, 2004) was an American mathematician, specializing in analysis and probability theory. The theory of martingales...
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sophistication and were made to impress visitors. Leo the Mathematician has also been credited with the system of beacons, a sort of optical telegraph,...
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