A History of Greek Mathematics: From Thales to Euclid

Apollonius Archimedes Archytas argument Arist Aristotle arithmetic astronomy attributed axis base Book centre circle circumference conics construction cube curve definition Democritus diameter discovered discovery Elements equal equation Euclid Eudemus Eudoxus Eutocius figure follows geometry given straight line gives gnomon Greek Hippias Hippocrates Hippocrates's hypothesis Iamblichus incommensurable indivisible indivisible lines inscribed irrational isosceles latter lemma length lune magnitudes mathematician mathematics mean proportionals Menaechmus method method of exhaustion motion multiple namely Nicomachus odd numbers Pappus parallel parallelogram passage plane Plato Plutarch polygon porism problem Proclus Proclus on Eucl proof propositions proved pyramid Pythagoras Pythagoreans quadratrix quadrature radius ratio rectangle rectilineal right angles right-angled triangle says semicircle side similar segments Simplicius solids solution sphere square number square root suppose Thales Theaetetus Theon of Smyrna theory of proportion things Timaeus tion treatise trisection Zeno καὶ