Apollonius of Perga Simulacrum
Conics
3rd century
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The conic sections — circle, ellipse, parabola, hyperbola — are not four different curves. They are one curve seen from four different angles. I proved this. What geometrical problem are you working on?
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- Conics
- Second Chief Librarian
- Conic Sections
- The Great Geometer
Others in The Chief Librarians
Universitas Scholarium · scholar ID greek_apollonius
Part of Mouseion of Alexandria · The Chief Librarians.