Not to be confused with the 1st century philosopher from Alexandria, Theon (1st century BC).
For other uses, see Theon (disambiguation).
Theon of Alexandria (/ˌθiːən,-ɒn/; Ancient Greek: Θέων ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς; c. AD 335 – c. 405) was a Greek[1] scholar and mathematician who lived in Alexandria, Egypt. He edited and arranged Euclid's Elements and wrote commentaries on works by Euclid and Ptolemy. His daughter Hypatia also won fame as a mathematician.
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TheonofAlexandria (/ˌθiːən, -ɒn/; Ancient Greek: Θέων ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς; c. AD 335 – c. 405) was a Greek scholar and mathematician who lived in Alexandria...
mathematician TheonofAlexandria (c. AD 335–c. 405) a "man of the Mouseion". According to classical historian Edward J. Watts, however, Theon was probably...
the mathematician TheonofAlexandria (c. 335 – c. 405 AD). According to classical historian Edward J. Watts, Theon was the head of a school called the...
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the mathematician TheonofAlexandria in the 4th century. The use of the term "axiom" instead of "postulate" derives from the choice of Proclus to do so...
In the fourth century, Pappus of Alexandria and TheonofAlexandria composed commentaries or treatises on sections of the Almagest. These works, however...
(Arithmetica), Pappus ofAlexandria (c. 290–350 AD), who compiled many important results in the Collection, TheonofAlexandria (c. 335–405 AD) and his...
work on polyhedra mentioned by Pappus ofAlexandria; Catoptrica, a work on optics mentioned by TheonofAlexandria; Principles, addressed to Zeuxippus and...
Nicomachus, and Theonof Smyrna) XVII. Trigonometry: Hipparchus, Menelaus, Ptolemy XVIII. Mensuration: Heron ofAlexandria XIX. Pappus ofAlexandria XX. Algebra:...
10th century Suda states that Pappus was of the same age as TheonofAlexandria, who was active in the reign of Emperor Theodosius I (372–395). A different...
from circulation in its favor. Many subsequent authors, such as TheonofAlexandria, made their own editions, with alterations, comments, and new theorems...
unlikely to have had the resources of its predecessor. The mathematician TheonofAlexandria (ca. 335 – ca. 405), father of the philosopher Hypatia, is described...
centuries. The origin of the theory of trepidation comes from the Small Commentary to the Handy Tables written by TheonofAlexandria in the 4th century...
Lighthouse ofAlexandria was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World while during the reign of Ptolemy II Philadelphus, the Library ofAlexandria was the...
[citation needed] Its oblique aspect was used by Greek Mathematician TheonofAlexandria in the fourth century, and its equatorial aspect was used by Arab...
another rate of precession that was too fast also gained popularity in the 1st millennium AD. By the fourth century AD, TheonofAlexandria assumed a changing...
ofAlexandria (died 395), a monk in the Nitrian Desert. TheonofAlexandria (ca. 335 - ca. 405 AD), a Greek scholar and mathematician. Theophilus of Alexandria...
Tables, 4th century mathematician TheonofAlexandria introduced some diagrams to geometrically compute the position of the planets based on Ptolemy's epicyclical...
in Sicily, which may have been imported from Alexandria in Egypt.[dubious – discuss] TheonofAlexandria (c. 335 – c. 405) wrote a detailed treatise on...
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of Pergamum. With its many scrolls of art and science, it was second in importance only to the Library ofAlexandria during the Hellenistic period. The...
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