Mathematician:Diocles of Carystus

Mathematician
Greek mathematician and geometer, thought to be the first person to prove the focal property of the parabola.

Also associated with the Cissoid of Diocles, which was used by Diocles to solve the problem of Doubling the Cube.

Nationality
Greek

History

 * Born: c. 240 BCE in Carystus (now Káristos), Euboea (now Evvoia), Greece
 * Died: c. 180 BCE

Theorems and Definitions

 * Cissoid of Diocles

Publications

 * On burning mirrors