Mathematician:Dositheus of Pelusium

Mathematician

Greek astromnomer and mathematician who was a friend or pupil of Conon of Samos.

On the death of Conon, Archimedes of Syracuse chose Dositheus to be the recipient of several treatises, including On the Quadrature of the Parabola, On Spirals, On the Sphere and Cylinder (two books), and On Conoids and Spheroids.

Nationality

Greek

History

• Born: c. 3rd Century BCE
• Died: c. 3rd Century BCE

Writings

Noting survives.

Sources

• 1937: Eric Temple Bell: Men of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text{II}$: Modern Minds in Ancient Bodies