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21. Greciaheroica2
It can also be used to square the circle although dinostratus gave a cleardemonstration of this in the following century.
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THE GREEK HEROIC AGE II History HIPPIAS OF ELIS Unlike the Pythagoreans, Hippias de Elis (460 B.C.) was a Sophist ; in other words he earned his living by teaching his disciples. This is mentioned in Plato's Dialogues , where he is described as having little substance, earning more money than his peers and somewhat proud in character. Proclus ascribed to him the invention of the first curve, which is different to the circumference , known as the trisectrix or quadratrix of Hippias, which allows the angle to be divided into three equal parts. It can also be used to square the circle although Dinostratus gave a clear demonstration of this in the following century. Hippias' trisectrix Whilst a moves around the circle at constant velocity b moves along the segment at constant velocity too. Each point on the curve represents the point where the arc and segment coincide as we move along them at the same time. In this window you can see how Hippias' trisectrix is used to trisect the angle in three equal parts.

22. Dinostratus
turnbull.mcs.stand.ac.uk/history/References/Dinos More results from turnbull.mcs.st-and.ac.uk Footnotesdinostratus dinostratus showed how to square the circle using the trisectrix .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Dinostratus
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Died: about 320 BC
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Dinostratus is mentioned by Proclus who says (see for example [1] or [3]):- Amyclas of Heraclea, one of the associates of Plato , and Menaechmus , a pupil of Eudoxus who had studied with Plato , and his brother Dinostratus made the whole of geometry still more perfect. It is usually claimed that Dinostratus used the quadratrix, discovered by Hippias , to solve the problem of squaring the circle Pappus tells us (see for example [1] or [3]):- For the squaring of the circle there was used by Dinostratus, Nicomedes and certain other later persons a certain curve which took its name from this property, for it is called by them square-forming in other words the quadratrix It appears from this quote that Hippias discovered the curve but that it was Dinostratus who was the first to use it to find a square equal in area to a given circle. Proclus , who claims to be quoting from Eudemus , writes (see [1]):- Nicomedes trisected any rectilinear angle by means of the conchoidal curves, of which he had handed down the origin, order, and properties, being himself the discoverer of their special characteristic. Others have done the same thing by means of the quadratrices of

23. Mathematics Magazine: News And Letters
dinostratus some 80 years later realized that the same curve could be used tosquare the circle, and hence renamed it the quadratrix (cf.
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24. References For Dinostratus
References for dinostratus. Biography in Dictionary of http//wwwhistory.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/References/dinostratus.html.
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25. Squaring The Circle
in this archive. Hippias and dinostratus are associated with the methodof squaring the circle using a quadratrix. The curve it
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26. Quadratrice De Dinostrate
dinostratus (oder des Hippias). Courbe étudiée par Hippias d Elis en 430
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courbe suivante courbes 2D courbes 3D surfaces ... fractals QUADRATRICE DE DINOSTRATE
Dinostratus' (or Hippias') quadratrix, Quadratrix des Dinostratus (oder des Hippias)
Autre nom : sectrice d'Hippias.
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27. INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER HIGH SCHOOL MATH DEPARTMENT - Squaring The Circle
Hippias and dinostratus are associated with the method of squaring thecircle using a quadratrix. The curve it thought to be the
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28. Archimedes (287 B.C. - 212 B.C.)
dinostratus discovered the quadratrix resulting from the intersection of a rotatingline with another moving parallel to itself.
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ARCHIMEDES ARCHIMEDES was a native of Syracuse, one of the greatest cities of the West Grecian world. His letters to Dositheus of Alexandria show him to have been in constant communication with the students of geometry in that city. Plutarch, in his life of Marcellus, speaks of his intimate friendship with King Hiero of Syracuse, who induced him to apply his mechanical principles to the construction of military engines; though the time thus withdrawn from his theoretical researches was most unwillingly given. During the second Punic War Hiero had been in close alliance with Rome. But after his death, Hippocrates, an ambitious general, enlisted the city on the side of Carthage, and a Roman force, under the command of Marcellus, besieged it by sea and land. The fleet, equipped with the usual engines of war, especially the sambuca Cicero . It bore the image of a cylinder circumscribing a sphere, with a verse indicating, what Archimedes had held to be his greatest achievement, the measurement and mutual proportion of these two bodies. Dramatic, surely, was the contrast offered by the siege of Syracuse between the scientific intellect of Greece and the disciplined force of Rome; and not less remarkable is the admiration of the conqueror for the conquered, which, in a few generations, would weld the Greco-Roman world into one. Geometry, when Archimedes began his career, had made more progress than is shown by the thirteen books of Euclid's

29. Pappus (4th Century A.D.)
There are special studies on various curves; as the spirals of Archimedes, thequadratix of dinostratus, and the conchoid of Nicomedes.
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PAPPUS PAPPUS was a contemporary of Theon of Alexandria, and taught mathematics in that city during the reign of Theodosius I. He wrote a commentary on the Great Syntaxis Almagest ] of Ptolemy, which has not come down to us. He is known to us by the work entitled Synagoge or Assemblage ; a collection in eight books of mathematical papers having no very distinct connection, and consisting of commentaries on the geometrical work of the previous six centuries, enriched by very fruitful additions of his own. For the history of ancient mathematics this work, of which the last six books and part of the second have been preserved, is invaluable. Already in the third century B.C. the filiation of discovery, so evident in this science, had been traced by Eudemus, a pupil of Aristotle, parts of whose work have been preserved by Proclus. Pappus supplies many details of Apollonius and of later writers who would otherwise have been unknown to us. Special studies on isolated problems occupy the greater part of his attention. Various modes of inserting two mean geometrical proportionals are discussed; new methods of inscribing the five regular solids in a sphere are put forward, (book iii). There are special studies on various curves; as the spirals of Archimedes , the quadratix of Dinostratus, and the conchoid of Nicomedes. Much attention is given to the work of Zenodorus on isoperimetry; and new problems on this subject are solved (book v). In the 6th book the earlier astronomers are spoken of.

30. Τετραγωνισμός του κύκÎ
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31. Quadratrix Of Hippias -- From MathWorld
Elias in 430 BC Eric Weisstein s World of Astronomy , and later studied bydinostratus in 350 BC Eric Weisstein s World of Astronomy (MacTutor Archive).
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MATHWORLD - IN PRINT Order book from Amazon Geometry Curves Plane Curves ... Geometric Construction Quadratrix of Hippias The quadratrix was discovered by Hippias of Elias in 430 BC , and later studied by Dinostratus in 350 BC (MacTutor Archive). It can be used for angle trisection or, more generally, division of an angle into any integral number of equal parts, and circle squaring It has polar equation with corresponding parametric equation and Cartesian equation Using the parametric representation, the curvature and tangential angle are given by for SEE ALSO: Angle trisection Cochleoid [Pages Linking Here] REFERENCES: Beyer, W. H. CRC Standard Mathematical Tables, 28th ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, p. 223, 1987. Lawrence, J. D. A Catalog of Special Plane Curves. New York: Dover, pp. 195 and 198, 1972. Loomis, E. S. "The Quadratrix." §2.1 in

32. CHRONOLOGY OF MATHEMATICIANS -1100 CHOU-PEI -585 THALES OF MILETUS
350 dinostratus QUADRATRIX. -335 EUDEMUS HISTORY OF GEOMETRY. -330 AUTOLYCUSON THE MOVING SPHERE. -320 ARISTAEUS CONICS. -300 EUCLID THE ELEMENTS
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CHRONOLOGY OF MATHEMATICIANS -1100 CHOU-PEI -585 THALES OF MILETUS: DEDUCTIVE GEOMETRY PYTHAGORAS : ARITHMETIC AND GEOMETRY -450 PARMENIDES: SPHERICAL EARTH -430 DEMOCRITUS -430 PHILOLAUS: ASTRONOMY -430 HIPPOCRATES OF CHIOS: ELEMENTS -428 ARCHYTAS -420 HIPPIAS: TRISECTRIX -360 EUDOXUS: PROPORTION AND EXHAUSTION -350 MENAECHMUS: CONIC SECTIONS -350 DINOSTRATUS: QUADRATRIX -335 EUDEMUS: HISTORY OF GEOMETRY -330 AUTOLYCUS: ON THE MOVING SPHERE -320 ARISTAEUS: CONICS EUCLID : THE ELEMENTS -260 ARISTARCHUS: HELIOCENTRIC ASTRONOMY -230 ERATOSTHENES: SIEVE -225 APOLLONIUS: CONICS -212 DEATH OF ARCHIMEDES -180 DIOCLES: CISSOID -180 NICOMEDES: CONCHOID -180 HYPSICLES: 360 DEGREE CIRCLE -150 PERSEUS: SPIRES -140 HIPPARCHUS: TRIGONOMETRY -60 GEMINUS: ON THE PARALLEL POSTULATE +75 HERON OF ALEXANDRIA 100 NICOMACHUS: ARITHMETICA 100 MENELAUS: SPHERICS 125 THEON OF SMYRNA: PLATONIC MATHEMATICS PTOLEMY : THE ALMAGEST 250 DIOPHANTUS: ARITHMETICA 320 PAPPUS: MATHEMATICAL COLLECTIONS 390 THEON OF ALEXANDRIA 415 DEATH OF HYPATIA 470 TSU CH'UNG-CHI: VALUE OF PI 476 ARYABHATA 485 DEATH OF PROCLUS 520 ANTHEMIUS OF TRALLES AND ISIDORE OF MILETUS 524 DEATH OF BOETHIUS 560 EUTOCIUS: COMMENTARIES ON ARCHIMEDES 628 BRAHMA-SPHUTA-SIDDHANTA 662 BISHOP SEBOKHT: HINDU NUMERALS 735 DEATH OF BEDE 775 HINDU WORKS TRANSLATED INTO ARABIC 830 AL-KHWARIZMI: ALGEBRA 901 DEATH OF THABIT IBN - QURRA 998 DEATH OF ABU'L - WEFA 1037 DEATH OF AVICENNA 1039 DEATH OF ALHAZEN

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34. Sfabel.tripod.com/mathematik/database/Dinostratus.html
Quadratrix definition of Quadratrix by the Free Online (Geom.) A curve made use of in the quadrature of other curves; as the quadratrix,of dinostratus, or of Tschirnhausen .
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(Alphabetically) Next Welcome page Dinostratus is mentioned by Proclus who says Amyclas of Heraclea, one of the associates of Plato , and Menaechmus , a pupil of Eudoxus who had studied with Plato , and his brother Dinostratus made the whole of geometry still more perfect. Dinostratus used the quadratrix, discovered by Hippias , to solve the problem of squaring the circle. Pappus tells us For the squaring of the circle there was used by Dinostratus, Nicomedes and certain other later persons a certain curve which took its name from this property, for it is called by them square-forming in other words the quadratrix. It appears that Hippias discovered the curve but it was Dinostratus who was the first to use it to find a square equal in area to a given circle. Dinostratus probably did much more work on geometry but nothing is known of it.

35. History Of Mathematics: Greece
350); dinostratus (c. 350); Speusippus (d. 339); Aristotle (384322); Aristaeus theElder (fl. c. 350-330); Eudemus of Rhodes (the Peripatetic) (c.
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  • Alexandria : Apollonius, Aristarchus, Diophantus, Eratosthenes, Euclid , Hypatia, Hypsicles, Heron, Menelaus, Pappus, Ptolemy, Theon
  • Amisus: Dionysodorus
  • Antinopolis: Serenus
  • Apameia: Posidonius
  • Athens: Aristotle, Plato, Ptolemy, Socrates, Theaetetus
  • Byzantium (Constantinople): Philon, Proclus
  • Chalcedon: Proclus, Xenocrates
  • Chalcis: Iamblichus
  • Chios: Hippocrates, Oenopides
  • Clazomenae: Anaxagoras
  • Cnidus: Eudoxus
  • Croton: Philolaus, Pythagoras
  • Cyrene: Eratosthenes, Nicoteles, Synesius, Theodorus
  • Cyzicus: Callippus
  • Elea: Parmenides, Zeno
  • Elis: Hippias
  • Gerasa: Nichmachus
  • Larissa: Dominus
  • Miletus: Anaximander, Anaximenes, Isidorus, Thales
  • Nicaea: Hipparchus, Sporus, Theodosius
  • Paros: Thymaridas
  • Perga: Apollonius
  • Pergamum: Apollonius
  • Rhodes: Eudemus, Geminus, Posidonius
  • Rome: Boethius
  • Samos: Aristarchus, Conon, Pythagoras
  • Smyrna: Theon
  • Stagira: Aristotle
  • Syene: Eratosthenes
  • Syracuse: Archimedes
  • Tarentum: Archytas, Pythagoras
  • Thasos: Leodamas
  • Tyre: Marinus, Porphyrius
Mathematicians
  • Thales of Miletus (c. 630-c 550)

36. History Of Mathematics: Chronology Of Mathematicians
350); dinostratus (fl. c. 350) *SB; Speusippus (d. 339); Aristotle (384322) *SB *MT;Aristaeus the Elder (fl. c. 350-330) *SB *MT; Eudemus of Rhodes (the
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    700 B.C.E.
  • Baudhayana (c. 700)
    600 B.C.E.
  • Thales of Miletus (c. 630-c 550) *MT
  • Apastamba (c. 600)
  • Anaximander of Miletus (c. 610-c. 547) *SB
  • Pythagoras of Samos (c. 570-c. 490) *SB *MT
  • Anaximenes of Miletus (fl. 546) *SB
  • Cleostratus of Tenedos (c. 520)
    500 B.C.E.
  • Katyayana (c. 500)
  • Nabu-rimanni (c. 490)
  • Kidinu (c. 480)
  • Anaxagoras of Clazomenae (c. 500-c. 428) *SB *MT
  • Zeno of Elea (c. 490-c. 430) *MT
  • Antiphon of Rhamnos (the Sophist) (c. 480-411) *SB *MT
  • Oenopides of Chios (c. 450?) *SB
  • Leucippus (c. 450) *SB *MT
  • Hippocrates of Chios (fl. c. 440) *SB
  • Meton (c. 430) *SB

37. Assignment 19
Great mathematicians whose works were revived by Pappus include Euclid, Archimedes,Apollonius, Nicomedes, and dinostratus. Herkimer s Corner
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Assignment 19 Obvious is the most dangerous word in mathematics." (Eric Temple Bell ) PAPPUS (ca 300): An excellent mathematician who lived in Alexandria, Pappus attempted to rekindle interest in the mathematical works of the Greeks. This was not an easy task, since Christians had destroyed much of the ancient Greek documents, but Pappus managed to create his Mathematical Collection which cites or references over thirty different ancient mathematicians. Much of our knowledge of Greek mathematics has been derived from the works of Pappus. His work is often called the requiem of Greek mathematics. Great mathematicians whose works were revived by Pappus include Euclid Archimedes Apollonius Nicomedes , and Dinostratus
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38. Imperial Gloriensburg Presents: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :: Letter
A curve made use of in the quadrature of other curves; as the quadratrix, ofdinostratus, or of Tschirnhausen. Quadrature (a.) The act of squaring;
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39. ALC III,2: The Science Of Magnitudes
Menaechmus, dinostratus, Athenaeus, Helicon, and especially Eudoxs made veryimportant mathematical discoveries. Their names today seem strange to us,
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BENEDICT M. ASHLEY, O.P.: THE ARTS OF LEARNING AND COMMUNICATION CHAPTER II The Science of Magnitudes THE BEGINNINGS THE GREEKS, SCIENTISTS AND ARTISTS In the last chapter we indicated that, while mathematical calculation was developed in a practical way by the people of Mesopotamia and Egypt, and carried still further by the Hindus and Chinese, it was the Greeks who made it a theoretical study. They transformed it into a true science, rigorously logical in structure, and a model for all other sciences. It was these same scientifically minded Greeks who first arrived at a perfect conception of the fine arts. The art of Mesopotamia was strong and grandiose, but without grace or subtlety. The art of Egypt was subtle and mysterious, but strangely static and without inner thought or feeling. Only in the art of Greece is there achieved a living balance of all the elements of beauty. Their art was classical (from Latin classicus ,meaning "first class"), and became a standard for all later art. Not, indeed, that art of later ages need confine itself to copying the style and subject-matter of Greek art, as some people have thought but that we can learn from Greek literature, sculpture, and architecture a true conception of the elements that go into a work of art and of the harmony with which they should be united. Today we are inclined to think of science and art as unrelated fields. The artist seems to be all imagination and emotion, living in a subjective world of free fancy. The scientist seems to be all facts and abstract theories, living in the objective world of experiment and measurement. Yet the Greeks excelled both in art and science. In order to learn something of this lesson from the Greeks in this chapter we are going to try to get clearer notions of two questions:

40. Hippias2.html
dinostratus (circa 350 BC) was the first to use it for this purpose, accordingto Pappus (circa 300 AD). Maple Plot
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Hippias and his quadratrix Hippias of Elis (430 BC) was a sophist who invented the quadratrix curve to trisect an angle. The problem of trisecting a given angle was one of the problems that generated a lot of mathematics during this period, and several mathematicians devised methods for solving this problem. Like many other sophists, Hippias was an itinerant teacher who made his living wowing the locals with his knowledge. Apparently, he did alright, but didn't leave much of a legacy except for the quadratrix. Definition of the curve The curve can be described in a few sentences. Let ABCD denote a square. Over a unit time period, allow the top segment of the square to fall at a uniform speed to the bottom of the square. During the same time, allow the left side of the square to rotate clockwise at a uniform speed to the bottom of the square. At each time, the two segments will intersect in a point P. The totality of all these points P is defined as the quadratrix. Drawing the quadratrix One can imagine how Hippias might have sketched the quadratrix in the sand, but one can hardly image how he would have made an accurate sketch of it.

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