A history of Greek mathematics Vol.II from Aristarchus to Diophantus by Heath, Thomas Little, Sir, 1921
MACEDONIA is GREECE and will always be GREECE- (if they are desperate to steal a name, Monkeydonkeys suits them just fine) ΚΑΤΩ Η ΣΥΓΚΥΒΕΡΝΗΣΗ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟΔΟΤΩΝ!!! ΦΕΚ,ΚΚΕ,ΚΝΕ,ΚΟΜΜΟΥΝΙΣΜΟΣ,ΣΥΡΙΖΑ,ΠΑΣΟΚ,ΝΕΑ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ,ΕΓΚΛΗΜΑΤΑ,ΔΑΠ-ΝΔΦΚ, MACEDONIA,ΣΥΜΜΟΡΙΤΟΠΟΛΕΜΟΣ,ΠΡΟΣΦΟΡΕΣ,ΥΠΟΥΡΓΕΙΟ,ΕΝΟΠΛΕΣ ΔΥΝΑΜΕΙΣ,ΣΤΡΑΤΟΣ, ΑΕΡΟΠΟΡΙΑ,ΑΣΤΥΝΟΜΙΑ,ΔΗΜΑΡΧΕΙΟ,ΝΟΜΑΡΧΙΑ,ΠΑΝΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΙΟ,ΛΟΓΟΤΕΧΝΙΑ,ΔΗΜΟΣ,LIFO,ΛΑΡΙΣΑ, ΠΕΡΙΦΕΡΕΙΑ,ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ,ΟΝΝΕΔ,ΜΟΝΗ,ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΕΙΟ,ΜΕΣΗ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΣΗ,ΙΑΤΡΙΚΗ,ΟΛΜΕ,ΑΕΚ,ΠΑΟΚ,ΦΙΛΟΛΟΓΙΚΑ,ΝΟΜΟΘΕΣΙΑ,ΔΙΚΗΓΟΡΙΚΟΣ,ΕΠΙΠΛΟ, ΣΥΜΒΟΛΑΙΟΓΡΑΦΙΚΟΣ,ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ,ΜΑΘΗΜΑΤΙΚΑ,ΝΕΟΛΑΙΑ,ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΚΑ,ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ,ΙΣΤΟΡΙΚΑ,ΑΥΓΗ,ΤΑ ΝΕΑ,ΕΘΝΟΣ,ΣΟΣΙΑΛΙΣΜΟΣ,LEFT,ΕΦΗΜΕΡΙΔΑ,ΚΟΚΚΙΝΟ,ATHENS VOICE,ΧΡΗΜΑ,ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΑ,ΕΝΕΡΓΕΙΑ, ΡΑΤΣΙΣΜΟΣ,ΠΡΟΣΦΥΓΕΣ,GREECE,ΚΟΣΜΟΣ,ΜΑΓΕΙΡΙΚΗ,ΣΥΝΤΑΓΕΣ,ΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΜΟΣ,ΕΛΛΑΔΑ, ΕΜΦΥΛΙΟΣ,ΤΗΛΕΟΡΑΣΗ,ΕΓΚΥΚΛΙΟΣ,ΡΑΔΙΟΦΩΝΟ,ΓΥΜΝΑΣΤΙΚΗ,ΑΓΡΟΤΙΚΗ,ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ, ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΗ,ΧΙΟΣ,ΣΑΜΟΣ,ΠΑΤΡΙΔΑ,ΒΙΒΛΙΟ,ΕΡΕΥΝΑ,ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΗ,ΚΥΝΗΓΕΤΙΚΑ,ΚΥΝΗΓΙ,ΘΡΙΛΕΡ, ΠΕΡΙΟΔΙΚΟ,ΤΕΥΧΟΣ,ΜΥΘΙΣΤΟΡΗΜΑ,ΑΔΩΝΙΣ ΓΕΩΡΓΙΑΔΗΣ,GEORGIADIS,ΦΑΝΤΑΣΤΙΚΕΣ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΕΣ, ΑΣΤΥΝΟΜΙΚΑ,ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΙΚΗ,ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΙΚΑ,ΙΚΕΑ,ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑ,ΑΤΤΙΚΗ,ΘΡΑΚΗ,ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ,ΠΑΤΡΑ, ΙΟΝΙΟ,ΚΕΡΚΥΡΑ,ΚΩΣ,ΡΟΔΟΣ,ΚΑΒΑΛΑ,ΜΟΔΑ,ΔΡΑΜΑ,ΣΕΡΡΕΣ,ΕΥΡΥΤΑΝΙΑ,ΠΑΡΓΑ,ΚΕΦΑΛΟΝΙΑ, ΙΩΑΝΝΙΝΑ,ΛΕΥΚΑΔΑ,ΣΠΑΡΤΗ,ΠΑΞΟΙ
MACEDONIA is GREECE and will always be GREECE- (if they are desperate to steal a name, Monkeydonkeys suits them just fine)
ΚΑΤΩ Η ΣΥΓΚΥΒΕΡΝΗΣΗ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΟΔΟΤΩΝ!!!
ΦΕΚ,ΚΚΕ,ΚΝΕ,ΚΟΜΜΟΥΝΙΣΜΟΣ,ΣΥΡΙΖΑ,ΠΑΣΟΚ,ΝΕΑ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ,ΕΓΚΛΗΜΑΤΑ,ΔΑΠ-ΝΔΦΚ, MACEDONIA,ΣΥΜΜΟΡΙΤΟΠΟΛΕΜΟΣ,ΠΡΟΣΦΟΡΕΣ,ΥΠΟΥΡΓΕΙΟ,ΕΝΟΠΛΕΣ ΔΥΝΑΜΕΙΣ,ΣΤΡΑΤΟΣ, ΑΕΡΟΠΟΡΙΑ,ΑΣΤΥΝΟΜΙΑ,ΔΗΜΑΡΧΕΙΟ,ΝΟΜΑΡΧΙΑ,ΠΑΝΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΙΟ,ΛΟΓΟΤΕΧΝΙΑ,ΔΗΜΟΣ,LIFO,ΛΑΡΙΣΑ, ΠΕΡΙΦΕΡΕΙΑ,ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ,ΟΝΝΕΔ,ΜΟΝΗ,ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΕΙΟ,ΜΕΣΗ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΣΗ,ΙΑΤΡΙΚΗ,ΟΛΜΕ,ΑΕΚ,ΠΑΟΚ,ΦΙΛΟΛΟΓΙΚΑ,ΝΟΜΟΘΕΣΙΑ,ΔΙΚΗΓΟΡΙΚΟΣ,ΕΠΙΠΛΟ, ΣΥΜΒΟΛΑΙΟΓΡΑΦΙΚΟΣ,ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ,ΜΑΘΗΜΑΤΙΚΑ,ΝΕΟΛΑΙΑ,ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΚΑ,ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ,ΙΣΤΟΡΙΚΑ,ΑΥΓΗ,ΤΑ ΝΕΑ,ΕΘΝΟΣ,ΣΟΣΙΑΛΙΣΜΟΣ,LEFT,ΕΦΗΜΕΡΙΔΑ,ΚΟΚΚΙΝΟ,ATHENS VOICE,ΧΡΗΜΑ,ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΑ,ΕΝΕΡΓΕΙΑ, ΡΑΤΣΙΣΜΟΣ,ΠΡΟΣΦΥΓΕΣ,GREECE,ΚΟΣΜΟΣ,ΜΑΓΕΙΡΙΚΗ,ΣΥΝΤΑΓΕΣ,ΕΛΛΗΝΙΣΜΟΣ,ΕΛΛΑΔΑ, ΕΜΦΥΛΙΟΣ,ΤΗΛΕΟΡΑΣΗ,ΕΓΚΥΚΛΙΟΣ,ΡΑΔΙΟΦΩΝΟ,ΓΥΜΝΑΣΤΙΚΗ,ΑΓΡΟΤΙΚΗ,ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ, ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΗ,ΧΙΟΣ,ΣΑΜΟΣ,ΠΑΤΡΙΔΑ,ΒΙΒΛΙΟ,ΕΡΕΥΝΑ,ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΗ,ΚΥΝΗΓΕΤΙΚΑ,ΚΥΝΗΓΙ,ΘΡΙΛΕΡ, ΠΕΡΙΟΔΙΚΟ,ΤΕΥΧΟΣ,ΜΥΘΙΣΤΟΡΗΜΑ,ΑΔΩΝΙΣ ΓΕΩΡΓΙΑΔΗΣ,GEORGIADIS,ΦΑΝΤΑΣΤΙΚΕΣ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΕΣ, ΑΣΤΥΝΟΜΙΚΑ,ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΙΚΗ,ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΙΚΑ,ΙΚΕΑ,ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑ,ΑΤΤΙΚΗ,ΘΡΑΚΗ,ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ,ΠΑΤΡΑ, ΙΟΝΙΟ,ΚΕΡΚΥΡΑ,ΚΩΣ,ΡΟΔΟΣ,ΚΑΒΑΛΑ,ΜΟΔΑ,ΔΡΑΜΑ,ΣΕΡΡΕΣ,ΕΥΡΥΤΑΝΙΑ,ΠΑΡΓΑ,ΚΕΦΑΛΟΝΙΑ, ΙΩΑΝΝΙΝΑ,ΛΕΥΚΑΔΑ,ΣΠΑΡΤΗ,ΠΑΞΟΙ
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THE LIBER ASSUMPTORUM 103<br />
Lastly, we may mention the elegant theorem about the<br />
area <strong>of</strong> the Salinon (presumably salt-cellar ' ') in Prop. 14.<br />
ACB is a semicircle on AB as diameter, AD, EB are equal<br />
lengths measured <strong>from</strong> A and B on AB. Semicircles are<br />
drawn with AD, EB as diameters on the side <strong>to</strong>wards G, and<br />
a semicircle with DE as diameter is drawn on the other side <strong>of</strong><br />
AB. CF is the perpendicular <strong>to</strong> AB through 0, the centre<br />
<strong>of</strong> the semicircles ACB, DFE. Then is the area bounded <strong>by</strong><br />
all the semicircles (the Salinon) equal <strong>to</strong> the circle on CF<br />
as diameter.<br />
The Arabians, through whom the Book <strong>of</strong> Lemmas has<br />
reached us, attributed <strong>to</strong> Archimedes other works (1) on the<br />
Circle, (2) on the Heptagon in a Circle, (3) on Circles <strong>to</strong>uching<br />
one another, (4) on Parallel Lines, (5) on Triangles, (6) on<br />
the properties <strong>of</strong> right-angled triangles, (7) a book <strong>of</strong> Data,<br />
(8) De clepsydris : statements which we are not in a position<br />
<strong>to</strong> check. But the author <strong>of</strong> a book on the finding <strong>of</strong> chords<br />
in a circle, 1 Abu'l Raihan Muh. al-Biruni, quotes some alternative<br />
pro<strong>of</strong>s as coming <strong>from</strong> the first <strong>of</strong> these works.<br />
(8) Formula for area <strong>of</strong> triangle.<br />
More important, however, is the mention in this same work<br />
<strong>of</strong> Archimedes as the discoverer <strong>of</strong> two propositions hither<strong>to</strong><br />
attributed <strong>to</strong> Heron, the first being the problem <strong>of</strong> finding<br />
the perpendiculars <strong>of</strong> a triangle when the sides are given, and<br />
the second the famous formula for the area <strong>of</strong> a triangle in<br />
terms <strong>of</strong> the sides,<br />
1<br />
V{s(s — a)(s — b) (s — c)}.<br />
See Bibliotheca mathematica, xi 3 , pp. 11-78.<br />
104 ERATOSTHENES<br />
Long as the present chapter is, it is nevertheless the most<br />
appropriate place for Era<strong>to</strong>sthenes <strong>of</strong> Cyrene. It was <strong>to</strong> him<br />
that Archimedes dedicated The Method, and the Cattle-Problem<br />
purports, <strong>by</strong> its heading, <strong>to</strong> have been sent through him <strong>to</strong><br />
the mathematicians <strong>of</strong> Alexandria. It is evident <strong>from</strong> the<br />
preface <strong>to</strong> The Method that Archimedes thought highly <strong>of</strong> his<br />
mathematical ability.<br />
He was, indeed, recognized <strong>by</strong> his contemporaries<br />
as a man <strong>of</strong> great distinction in all branches <strong>of</strong><br />
knowledge, though in each subject he just fell short <strong>of</strong> the<br />
highest place. On the latter ground he was called Beta, and<br />
another nickname applied <strong>to</strong> him, Pentathlos, has the same<br />
implication, representing as it does an all-round athlete who<br />
was not the first runner or wrestler but <strong>to</strong>ok the second prize<br />
in these contests as well as in others. He was very little<br />
younger than Archimedes ; the date <strong>of</strong> his birth was probably<br />
284 b.c. or thereabouts. He was a pupil <strong>of</strong> the philosopher<br />
Aris<strong>to</strong>n <strong>of</strong> Chios, the grammarian Lysanias <strong>of</strong> Cyrene, and<br />
the poet Callimachus ;<br />
he is said also <strong>to</strong> have been a pupil <strong>of</strong><br />
Zeno the S<strong>to</strong>ic, and he may have come under the influence <strong>of</strong><br />
Arcesilaus at Athens, where he spent a considerable time.<br />
Invited, when about 40 years <strong>of</strong> age, <strong>by</strong> P<strong>to</strong>lemy Euergetes<br />
<strong>to</strong> be tu<strong>to</strong>r <strong>to</strong> his son (Philopa<strong>to</strong>r), he became librarian at<br />
Alexandria ; his obligation <strong>to</strong> P<strong>to</strong>lemy he recognized <strong>by</strong> the<br />
column which he erected with a graceful epigram inscribed on<br />
it.<br />
This is the epigram, with which we are already acquainted<br />
(vol. i, p. 260), relating <strong>to</strong> the solutions, discovered up <strong>to</strong> date,<br />
<strong>of</strong> the problem <strong>of</strong> the duplication <strong>of</strong> the cube, and commending<br />
his own method <strong>by</strong> means <strong>of</strong> an appliance called fxeaoXafiov,<br />
itself represented in bronze on the column.<br />
Era<strong>to</strong>sthenes wrote a book with the title IlXaTcoviKos, and,<br />
whether it was a sort <strong>of</strong> commentary on the Timaeus <strong>of</strong><br />
Pla<strong>to</strong>, or a dialogue in which the principal part was played <strong>by</strong><br />
Pla<strong>to</strong>, it evidently dealt with the fundamental notions <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>mathematics</strong> in connexion with Pla<strong>to</strong>'s philosophy. It was<br />
naturally one <strong>of</strong> the important sources <strong>of</strong> Theon <strong>of</strong> Smyrna's<br />
work on the mathematical matters which it was necessary for<br />
the student <strong>of</strong> Pla<strong>to</strong> <strong>to</strong> know<br />
;<br />
and Theon cites the work<br />
twice <strong>by</strong> name. It seems <strong>to</strong> have begun with the famous<br />
problem <strong>of</strong> Delos, telling the s<strong>to</strong>ry quoted <strong>by</strong> Theon how the<br />
god required, as a means <strong>of</strong> s<strong>to</strong>pping a plague, that the altar