Eutocius

Eutocius of Ascalon

Born: about 480 in Palestine
Died: about 540

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Eutocius wrote commentaries on 3 works of Archimedes. He also edited and wrote commentaries on the first 4 books of the Conics of Apollonius. The first of his commentaries on Archimedes appears to have been written around 510. Eutocius does not appear to have done any original work.

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References:

  1. Dictionary of Scientific Biography
  2. P Tannery, Eutocius et ses contemorains, Bull. des sciences mathematique 7 (1883), 278-291.
  3. T L Heath, A History of Greek Mathematics (Oxford, 1921). 
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