Eutocius of Ascalon

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Greek mathematician commentator on ancient mathematics late antique scholar

Eutocius of Ascalon was a 6th-century Greek mathematician best known for his commentaries on the works of Archimedes and Apollonius, which helped preserve and transmit classical Greek mathematics.

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instanceOf	Greek mathematician ⓘ commentator on ancient mathematics ⓘ late antique scholar ⓘ
associatedWith	Alexandrian mathematical tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthPlace	Ascalon NERFINISHED ⓘ
commentaryContent	includes alternative proofs and solutions ⓘ includes historical notes on earlier mathematicians ⓘ preserves earlier lost solutions to geometric problems ⓘ
commentaryStyle	explanatory of difficult passages ⓘ expository ⓘ
era	late antiquity ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Greek ⓘ
fieldOfWork	history of mathematics ⓘ mathematics ⓘ
historicalContext	Byzantine era ⓘ
influenced	Islamic Golden Age mathematicians ⓘ Renaissance mathematicians through preserved texts ⓘ medieval Byzantine mathematicians ⓘ
knownFor	commentaries on Apollonius of Perga ⓘ commentaries on Archimedes ⓘ preservation of classical Greek mathematics ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
name	Eutocius of Ascalon NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWorkType	scholarly commentary ⓘ
preservationStatus	works survive mainly as commentaries attached to classical texts ⓘ
roleInTransmission	helped preserve Apollonius’ works ⓘ helped preserve Archimedes’ works ⓘ transmitted classical Greek mathematical methods to later periods ⓘ
sourceFor	reconstruction of Apollonius’ Conics ⓘ reconstruction of Archimedes’ original texts ⓘ
subjectOf	studies in history of Greek mathematics ⓘ
timePeriod	6th century ⓘ
wroteCommentaryOn	Apollonius of Perga NERFINISHED ⓘ Archimedes NERFINISHED ⓘ Conics by Apollonius NERFINISHED ⓘ On the Equilibrium of Planes by Archimedes NERFINISHED ⓘ On the Measurement of the Circle by Archimedes NERFINISHED ⓘ On the Sphere and Cylinder by Archimedes NERFINISHED ⓘ

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