Apollonius of Perga
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Apollonius of Perga was an ancient Greek mathematician renowned for his pioneering work on conic sections, which profoundly shaped the development of geometry and later astronomy.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Apollonius of Perga canonical | 4 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Hellenistic scientist
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ancient Greek mathematician ⓘ geometer ⓘ |
| alternateName | Apollonius Pergaeus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approximateBirthDate | circa 262 BC ⓘ |
| approximateDeathDate | circa 190 BC ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Asia Minor
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Pamphylia NERFINISHED ⓘ Perga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Ancient Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Alexandria
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school of Euclid in Alexandria ⓘ |
| era | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astronomy
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conic sections ⓘ geometry ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasGenre | mathematical treatise ⓘ |
| influenced |
Kepler
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Ptolemy NERFINISHED ⓘ Renaissance mathematicians studying conics ⓘ later Islamic mathematicians ⓘ later development of analytic geometry ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Archimedes
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Euclid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
influencing later Greek and Islamic astronomy
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introducing the terms ellipse, parabola, and hyperbola ⓘ systematic study of conic sections ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| legacy |
major source for later Greek geometry
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standardized terminology for conic sections ⓘ transmitted through Arabic translations ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
geometrical constructions
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properties of conic curves ⓘ |
| name | Apollonius of Perga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
geometric theory of conic sections as sections of a cone
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use of conic sections in planetary theory ⓘ |
| notableWork | Conics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
astronomer
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mathematician ⓘ |
| residence |
Alexandria
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Pergamon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | historical studies in the history of mathematics ⓘ |
| workCount | eight books of Conics (some lost in Greek) ⓘ |
| wroteIn | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
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