Mathematician:Diocles of Carystus
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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
Definitions of concepts named for Diocles of Carystus can be found here.
Publications
- On burning mirrors
Sources
- John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Diocles of Carystus": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
- 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): A List of Mathematicians in Chronological Sequence
- 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): $1 \cdotp 25992 \, 10498 \, 94873 \, 16476 \ldots$
- 1991: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Geometry ... (previous) ... (next): A Chronological List Of Mathematicians
- 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): A List of Mathematicians in Chronological Sequence
- 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $1 \cdotp 25992 \, 10498 \, 94873 \, 16476 \ldots$
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Diocles (c.200 bc)
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Diocles (c.200 bc)