
Pappus Of Alexandria
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Gender | Male |
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Born | Alexandria |
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Children | Hermodorus |
Grandchildren | Sopolis of Macedon |
Job | Mathematician |
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ID | 509624 |
Pappus Of Alexandria Life story
Pappus of Alexandria was one of the last great Greek mathematicians of Antiquity, known for his Synagoge or Collection, and for Pappus's hexagon theorem in projective geometry. Nothing is known of his life, other than, that he had a son named Hermodorus, and was a teacher in Alexandria.