Archimedes' On the Sphere and Cylinder
GPTKB entity
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:philosophy
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| gptkbp:author |
gptkb:Archimedes
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| gptkbp:contains |
relationship between sphere and circumscribing cylinder
proof of the surface area of a sphere proof of the volume of a sphere |
| gptkbp:dateWritten |
circa 225 BCE
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| gptkbp:dedicatedTo |
gptkb:Dositheus_of_Pelusium
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| gptkbp:influenced |
later mathematics
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| gptkbp:notableAchievement |
surface area of a sphere is equal to the lateral surface area of its circumscribing cylinder
volume of a sphere is two-thirds that of its circumscribing cylinder |
| gptkbp:numberOfBooks |
2
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| gptkbp:originalLanguage |
gptkb:Ancient_Greek
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| gptkbp:preservedIn |
Latin translations
Greek manuscripts |
| gptkbp:subject |
gptkb:butter
gptkb:geometry cylinder |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Hellenistic_mathematics
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
8
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Archimedes' On the Sphere and Cylinder
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