Definition:Archimedean Polyhedron/Historical Note
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Historical Note on Archimedean Polyhedron
The Archimedean polyhedra were originally classified by Archimedes of Syracuse in a work, now lost, that was discussed by Pappus of Alexandria.
The first of the modern mathematicians to describe them was Johannes Kepler in his $1619$ work Harmonices Mundi.
Sources
- 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): $13$
- 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $13$