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Apollonius of Perga
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401 viewsApollonius of Perga was an influential ancient Greek geometer and astronomer from Perga in Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey) who lived from around 262 BC to okänt BC. He is renowned for his work on conic sections, as documented in his eight volume work Conics. In Conics, Apollonius characterized conic sections using their intrinsic plane properties, allowing their analysis to be greatly simplified. He also named and studied the ellipse, parabola and hyperbola that we know today. Apollonius made other significant contributions to mathematics and is considered one of the greatest mathematicians of antiquity.
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401 views6 pagesApollonius of Perga was an influential ancient Greek geometer and astronomer from Perga in Asia Minor
Apollonius of Perga should not be confused with other Greek scholars called Apollonius, for it was a common name. In [1] details of others with the name of Apollonius are given: Apollonius of Rhodes, born about 295 BC, a Greek poet and grammarian, a pupil of Callimachus who was a teacher of Eratosthenes; Apollonius of Tralles, 2nd century BC, a Greek sculptor; Apollonius the Athenian, 1st century BC, a sculptor; Apollonius of Tyana, 1st century AD, a member of the society founded by Pythagoras; Apollonius Dyscolus, 2nd century AD, a Greek grammarian who was reputedly the founder of the systematic study of grammar; and Apollonius of Tyre who is a literary char
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An ellipse (shaded green) was one of the conic sections studied and named by Apollonius.
Apollonius of Perga(Pergaeus) (ca. 262 B.C.E. – ca. 190 B.C.E.) was a Greek geometer and astronomer of the Alexandrian school, noted for his writings on conic sections. His innovative methodology and terminology, especially in the field of conics, influenced many later scholars, including Ptolemy, Francesco Maurolico, Isaac Newton, and René Descartes.
A parabola (shaded green) is another conic sectiondescribed by Apollonius.
A hyperbola (shaded green) is a third conic sectionstudied by Apollonius.
It was Apollonius who gave the ellipse, the parabola, and the hyperbola the names by which they are now known. The hypothesis of eccentric orbits, or deferent and epicycles, to explain the apparent motion of the planets and the varying speed of the Moon, are also attributed to him. Apollonius' theorem demonstrates that two models can be equivalent, given the right parameters. Pto
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Apollonius of Perga
Biography
Apollonius of Perga was known as 'The Great Geometer'. Little is known of his life but his works have had a very great influence on the development of mathematics, in particular his famous book Conics introduced terms which are familiar to us today such as parabola, ellipse and hyperbola.Apollonius of Perga should not be confused with other Greek scholars called Apollonius, for it was a common name. In [1] details of others with the name of Apollonius are given: Apollonius of Rhodes, born about 295 BC, a Greek poet and grammarian, a pupil of Callimachus who was a teacher of Eratosthenes; Apollonius of Tralles, 2nd century BC, a Greek sculptor; Apollonius the Athenian, 1st century BC, a sculptor; Apollonius of Tyana, 1st century AD, a member of the society founded by Pythagoras; Apollonius Dyscolus, 2nd century AD, a Greek grammarian who was reputedly the founder of the systematic study of grammar; and Apollonius of Tyre who is a literary char