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Hermotimus of Colophon
Ancient Greek mathematician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hermotimus of Colophon[a] (born c. 325 BC[1]) was an Ancient Greek mathematician who lived and worked in Colophon.
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Biography
He was born and lived in Colophon.
Career
Hermotimus of Colophon extended the work that had been done by Eudoxus and Theaetetus, made many discoveries in the Elements, and put together some material on the subject of Loci.[2][3]
Hermotimus was a contemporary of Euclid and collaborated with him on Elements, his seminal work.[4][3]
Bibliography
His major work is Elements, on which he has collaborated with Euclid.[4]
References
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