Eudoxus of Cnidus

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Greek philosopher ancient Greek astronomer ancient Greek mathematician geometer

Eudoxus of Cnidus was an ancient Greek mathematician and astronomer renowned for developing the method of exhaustion and an influential geometric model of planetary motion.

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Label	Occurrences
Eudoxus of Cnidus canonical	3

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek philosopher ⓘ ancient Greek astronomer ⓘ ancient Greek mathematician ⓘ geometer ⓘ
associatedWith	Athens ⓘ Knidos ⓘ surface form: Cnidus Cyzicus ⓘ
birthPlace	Asia Minor ⓘ Caria ⓘ Knidos ⓘ surface form: Cnidus
citizenship	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
contributedTo	foundations of real number theory (via proportion theory) ⓘ
described	planetary motions using concentric spheres ⓘ
developed	method of exhaustion ⓘ theory of proportion used in Euclid's Elements Book V ⓘ
educatedAt	Academy of Athens ⓘ surface form: Plato's Academy
era	Classical Greece ⓘ
fieldOfWork	astronomy ⓘ geometry ⓘ mathematics ⓘ philosophy ⓘ
floruit	4th century BCE ⓘ
influenced	Apollonius of Perga ⓘ Aristotle ⓘ Euclid ⓘ Hellenistic astronomy ⓘ Hipparchus ⓘ development of Greek mathematical rigor ⓘ
influencedBy	Plato ⓘ Pythagoreanism ⓘ surface form: Pythagorean school
knownFor	geometric model of planetary motion ⓘ homocentric spheres model ⓘ method of exhaustion ⓘ theory of proportion ⓘ work in astronomy ⓘ work in geometry ⓘ
legacy	provided rigorous basis for Euclidean geometry via proportion theory ⓘ
proposed	homocentric spheres system for planets ⓘ
studentOf	Archytas ⓘ Philistion of Locri ⓘ Plato ⓘ
taughtAt	Knidos ⓘ surface form: Cnidus Cyzicus ⓘ
used	geometric methods in astronomy ⓘ
worksKnownFrom	reports by later authors such as Aristotle ⓘ reports by later authors such as Euclid ⓘ
wroteAbout	astronomy ⓘ ethics ⓘ geography ⓘ geometry ⓘ

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Archimedes → influencedBy → Eudoxus of Cnidus ⓘ

Academy of Athens → notableStudent → Eudoxus of Cnidus ⓘ

subject surface form: Academy of Athens (ancient)

Knidos → associatedWithPerson → Eudoxus of Cnidus ⓘ