Pappus of Alexandria

Pappus of Alexandria

Pappus of Alexandria (<a href="/en/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English" class="wl">/ˈpæpəs/</a>; <a href="/en/Greek_language" title="Greek language" class="wl">Greek</a>: Πάππος ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς; <abbr about="#mwt11" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw="{&quot;parts&quot;:[{&quot;template&quot;:{&quot;target&quot;:{&quot;wt&quot;:&quot;circa&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;./Template:Circa&quot;},&quot;params&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:{&quot;wt&quot;:&quot; 290&quot;},&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;wt&quot;:&quot; 350&quot;}},&quot;i&quot;:0}}]}">c.</abbr>  290&nbsp;– c.  350 AD) was one of the last great <a href="/en/Greek_mathematics" title="Greek mathematics" class="wl">Greek mathematicians</a> of antiquity known for his Synagoge (Συναγωγή) or Collection (<abbr about="#mwt12" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw="{&quot;parts&quot;:[{&quot;template&quot;:{&quot;target&quot;:{&quot;wt&quot;:&quot;circa&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;./Template:Circa&quot;},&quot;params&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:{&quot;wt&quot;:&quot; 340&quot;}},&quot;i&quot;:0}}]}">c.</abbr>  340),<a href="#cite_note-:0-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;">[1]</a> and for <a href="/en/Pappus's_hexagon_theorem" title="Pappus's hexagon theorem" class="wl">Pappus's hexagon theorem</a> in <a href="/en/Projective_geometry" title="Projective geometry" class="wl">projective geometry</a>. Nothing is known of his life, other than what can be found in his own writings: that he had a son named Hermodorus, and was a teacher in <a href="/en/Alexandria" title="Alexandria" class="wl">Alexandria</a>.<a href="#cite_note-dedron-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;">[2]</a>

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Collection, his best-known work, is a compendium of mathematics in eight volumes, the bulk of which survives. It covers a wide range of topics, including <a href="/en/Geometry" title="Geometry" class="wl">geometry</a>, <a href="/en/Recreational_mathematics" title="Recreational mathematics" class="wl">recreational mathematics</a>, <a href="/en/Doubling_the_cube" title="Doubling the cube" class="wl">doubling the cube</a>, <a href="/en/Polygon" title="Polygon" class="wl">polygons</a> and <a href="/en/Polyhedron" title="Polyhedron" class="wl">polyhedra</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:0-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;">[1]</a>

Pappus of Alexandria was one of the last great Greek mathematicians of antiquity known for his Synagoge or Collection , Collection, his best-known work, is a compendium of mathematics in eight volumes, the bulk of which survives. It covers a wide range of topics, including geometry, recreational mathematics, doubling the cube, polygons and polyhedra. 