Leodamas of Thasos

Leodamas of Thasos

Leodamas of Thasos (c. 380 BC) was a Greek mathematician and a contemporary of Plato, about whom little is known.

There are only three known references to Leodamas [cite web|last=Waterhouse|first=William C|title=Discussion List on the History of Mathematics (Re: Leodamas of Thasos)|url=https://enterprise.maa.org/scripts/WA.EXE?A2=ind9709&L=math-history-list&D=0&P=8326|accessdate=2008-09-02] , two from Proclus's "Commentary on Euclid":

"At this time [Plato's time] also lived Leodamas of Thasos, Archytas of Tarentum, and Theaetetus of Athens, by whom the theorems [of geometry] were increased in number and brought into a more scientific arrangement. Younger than Leodamas was Neoclides and his pupil Leon, who added many discoveries."

"Plato, it is said, taught this method [analysis] to Leodamas, who is also reported to have made many discoveries in geometry by means of it."

and one from Diogenes Laertius in his "Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers", Book 3 (Plato):

"He [Plato] was the first to explain to Leodamas of Thasos the method of solving problems by analysis."

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