squaring of circle
111Diophantus — For the general, see Diophantus (general). Title page of the 1621 edition of Diophantus Arithmetica, translated into Latin by Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac. Diophantus of Alexandria (Greek: Διόφαντος ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς XD. b. between 200 and 214… …
112Field (mathematics) — This article is about fields in algebra. For fields in geometry, see Vector field. For other uses, see Field (disambiguation). In abstract algebra, a field is a commutative ring whose nonzero elements form a group under multiplication. As such it …
113Great Pyramid of Giza — Coordinates: 29°58′45.03″N 31°08′03.69″E / …
114Library of Alexandria — For the modern library, see Bibliotheca Alexandrina. This Latin inscription regarding Tiberius Claudius Balbilus of Rome (d. c. AD 79) mentions the ALEXANDRINA BYBLIOTHECE (line eight).. The Royal Library of Alexandria, or Ancient Library of… …
115Transcendental number — In mathematics, a transcendental number is a complex number that is not algebraic, that is, not a solution of a non zero polynomial equation with rational coefficients.The most prominent examples of transcendental numbers are π and e . Only a few …
116Chrysippus — This article is about the philosopher. For other people named Chrysippus, see Chrysippus (disambiguation). Chrysippus of Soli Roman copy of a Hellenistic bust of Chrysippus, British Museum Full name Chrysippus of Soli Born c. 279 BC …
117Dicaearchus — For the pirate, see Dicaearchus of Aetolia. Dicaearchus of Messana (Greek: Δικαίαρχος, Dikaiarkhos; also written Dicearchus, Dicearch, Diceärchus, or Diceärch) (c. 350 – c. 285 BC) was a Greek philosopher, cartographer, geographer, mathematician… …
118Archimedean spiral — The Archimedean spiral (also known as the arithmetic spiral) is a spiral named after the 3rd century BC Greek mathematician Archimedes. It is the locus of points corresponding to the locations over time of a point moving away from a fixed point… …
119Hero of Alexandria — Heron Born c. 10 AD Residence …
120Sporus of Nicaea — was a Greek mathematician and astronomer, (b. ca. 240; d. ca. 300), probably Nicaea (Greek Nikaia ), ancient district Bithynia, (modern day Iznik) in province Bursa, in modern day Turkey. Much of his work focused on squaring the circle and… …
