Mathematician:Dinostratus

Mathematician

Greek mathematician and geometer.

Known for using a quadratrix, specifically the Quadratrix of Hippias, to solve the problem of Squaring the Circle.

Brother of Menaechmus.

His solution of the problem of Squaring the Circle is known solely from the writings of Proclus Lycaeus.

Nationality

Greek

History

• Born: about 390 BCE
• Died: about 320 BCE

Theorems

• Quadratrix of Dinostratus, also known as the Quadratrix of Hippias or Trisectrix of Hippias for Hippias of Elis

• Dinostratus' Theorem

Also known as

Also rendered as Dinostratos.

In Greek: Δεινόστρατος.

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Dinostratus": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive