Hellenistic mathematics

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historical period of mathematics mathematical tradition

Hellenistic mathematics was the advanced mathematical tradition that flourished in the Greek-speaking world after Alexander the Great, characterized by rigorous geometric proofs and significant developments in fields such as geometry, number theory, and astronomy.

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Label	Occurrences
Greek mathematics	1
Hellenistic mathematics canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical period of mathematics ⓘ mathematical tradition ⓘ
aimedAt	exact proofs ⓘ theoretical understanding of nature ⓘ
characterizedBy	axiomatic-deductive method ⓘ rigorous geometric proofs ⓘ use of diagrams ⓘ
developedConcept	Diophantine analysis ⓘ approximation of π ⓘ axiomatic treatment of geometry ⓘ chord tables ⓘ early integral methods ⓘ geographical latitude and longitude ⓘ geometrical optics ⓘ hydrostatics ⓘ mathematical astronomy ⓘ method of exhaustion ⓘ spherical trigonometry ⓘ systematic theory of conic sections ⓘ theory of proportions ⓘ
documentedIn	Greek mathematical treatises ⓘ
endTime	3rd century CE ⓘ
field	approximation theory ⓘ astronomy ⓘ conic sections ⓘ geography ⓘ geometry ⓘ mathematical physics ⓘ mechanics ⓘ number theory ⓘ optics ⓘ trigonometry ⓘ
follows	Classical Greek mathematics ⓘ
historicalContext	Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman imperial period NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	Islamic mathematics NERFINISHED ⓘ Renaissance mathematics NERFINISHED ⓘ medieval European mathematics ⓘ modern geometry ⓘ
influencedBy	Aristotle ⓘ Babylonian mathematics ⓘ Egyptian mathematics ⓘ Plato ⓘ Pythagorean mathematics ⓘ
mainLanguage	Ancient Greek ⓘ
majorCenter	Library of Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ Museum of Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableMathematician	Apollonius of Perga NERFINISHED ⓘ Archimedes NERFINISHED ⓘ Diophantus NERFINISHED ⓘ Eratosthenes NERFINISHED ⓘ Euclid NERFINISHED ⓘ Heron of Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ Hipparchus NERFINISHED ⓘ Hypsicles NERFINISHED ⓘ Menelaus of Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicomachus of Gerasa NERFINISHED ⓘ Ptolemy NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	Almagest NERFINISHED ⓘ Conics NERFINISHED ⓘ Elements NERFINISHED ⓘ Introduction to Arithmetic NERFINISHED ⓘ Measurement of a Circle NERFINISHED ⓘ On Floating Bodies NERFINISHED ⓘ On Spirals NERFINISHED ⓘ On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon NERFINISHED ⓘ On the Sphere and Cylinder NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	ancient Greek mathematics ⓘ
practicedIn	Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ Hellenistic world NERFINISHED ⓘ Pergamon NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhodes NERFINISHED ⓘ Syracuse NERFINISHED ⓘ
startEvent	conquests of Alexander the Great ⓘ
startTime	4th century BCE ⓘ
transmittedVia	Arabic translations ⓘ Byzantine manuscripts ⓘ Latin translations ⓘ
usedMethod	geometric algebra ⓘ geometrical representation of numbers ⓘ synthetic geometry ⓘ
usedWritingSystem	Greek alphabet ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Euclid → movement → Hellenistic mathematics ⓘ

Egyptian mathematics → influenced → Hellenistic mathematics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek mathematics