Timetable of Greek mathematicians

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• Greek mathematics — An illustration of Euclid s proof of the Pythagorean Theorem. Greek mathematics, as that term is used in this article, is the mathematics written in Greek, developed from the 7th century BC to the 4th century AD around the Eastern shores of the… …   Wikipedia

• Archimedes — For other uses, see Archimedes (disambiguation). Archimedes of Syracuse (Greek: Ἀρχιμήδης) …   Wikipedia

• Diophantus — 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… …   Wikipedia

• Democritus — Full name Democritus Born ca. 460 BC Abdera, Thrace Died ca. 370 BC (Aged 90) Era …   Wikipedia

• Ptolemy — For others with Ptolemy... names, and history of those names, see Ptolemy (name). Ptolemy An early B …   Wikipedia

• Pythagoras — of Samos redirects here. For the Samian statuary, see Pythagoras (sculptor). For other uses, see Pythagoras (disambiguation). Pythagoras (Πυθαγόρας) …   Wikipedia

• Dicaearchus — 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… …   Wikipedia

• Ctesibius — For the lunar crater, see Ctesibius (crater). Ctesibius or Ktesibios or Tesibius (Greek: Κτησίβιος) (fl. 285–222 BC) was a Greek[1] inventor and mathematician in Alexandria, Ptolemaic Egypt. He wrote the first treatises on the science of… …   Wikipedia

• Squaring the circle — Squaring the circle: the areas of this square and this circle are equal. In 1882, it was proven that this figure cannot be constructed in a finite number of steps with an idealized compass and straightedge …   Wikipedia

• Hero of Alexandria — Heron Born c. 10 AD Residence …   Wikipedia