Eudoxus of Cnidus
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Eudoxus of Cnidus was an ancient Greek mathematician and astronomer renowned for developing the method of exhaustion and an influential geometric model of planetary motion.
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| Eudoxus of Cnidus canonical | 3 |
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Target entity: Eudoxus of Cnidus Context triple: [Archimedes, influencedBy, Eudoxus of Cnidus]
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Aristarchus of Samos
Aristarchus of Samos was an ancient Greek astronomer who proposed a heliocentric model of the universe, placing the Sun at the center and the Earth in motion around it.
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Hipparchus of Athens
Hipparchus of Athens was a 6th-century BCE Athenian tyrant of the Peisistratid family, known as a patron of the arts and for his assassination, which became a celebrated event in Athenian democratic lore.
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Hipparchus
Hipparchus was an ancient Greek astronomer and mathematician renowned for founding trigonometry and creating one of the first comprehensive models of the motions of the Sun and Moon.
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Claudius Ptolemaeus
Claudius Ptolemaeus, commonly known as Ptolemy, was a Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, and geographer whose geocentric model of the universe and influential works like the Almagest shaped scientific thought for over a millennium.
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Archytas
Archytas was an influential 4th-century BCE Pythagorean philosopher, mathematician, statesman, and early pioneer of mechanics from the Greek city of Tarentum.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Eudoxus of Cnidus Target entity description: Eudoxus of Cnidus was an ancient Greek mathematician and astronomer renowned for developing the method of exhaustion and an influential geometric model of planetary motion.
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A.
Aristarchus of Samos
Aristarchus of Samos was an ancient Greek astronomer who proposed a heliocentric model of the universe, placing the Sun at the center and the Earth in motion around it.
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B.
Hipparchus of Athens
Hipparchus of Athens was a 6th-century BCE Athenian tyrant of the Peisistratid family, known as a patron of the arts and for his assassination, which became a celebrated event in Athenian democratic lore.
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Hipparchus
Hipparchus was an ancient Greek astronomer and mathematician renowned for founding trigonometry and creating one of the first comprehensive models of the motions of the Sun and Moon.
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Claudius Ptolemaeus
Claudius Ptolemaeus, commonly known as Ptolemy, was a Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, and geographer whose geocentric model of the universe and influential works like the Almagest shaped scientific thought for over a millennium.
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E.
Archytas
Archytas was an influential 4th-century BCE Pythagorean philosopher, mathematician, statesman, and early pioneer of mechanics from the Greek city of Tarentum.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek philosopher
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ancient Greek astronomer ⓘ ancient Greek mathematician ⓘ geometer ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Athens
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Knidos ⓘ
surface form:
Cnidus
Cyzicus ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Asia Minor
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Caria ⓘ Knidos ⓘ
surface form:
Cnidus
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| citizenship |
Greek Antiquity
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surface form:
Ancient Greece
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| contributedTo | foundations of real number theory (via proportion theory) ⓘ |
| described | planetary motions using concentric spheres ⓘ |
| developed |
method of exhaustion
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theory of proportion used in Euclid's Elements Book V ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Academy of Athens
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surface form:
Plato's Academy
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| era | Classical Greece ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astronomy
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geometry ⓘ mathematics ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| floruit | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| influenced |
Apollonius of Perga
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Aristotle ⓘ Euclid ⓘ Hellenistic astronomy ⓘ Hipparchus ⓘ development of Greek mathematical rigor ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Plato
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Pythagoreanism ⓘ
surface form:
Pythagorean school
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| knownFor |
geometric model of planetary motion
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homocentric spheres model ⓘ method of exhaustion ⓘ theory of proportion ⓘ work in astronomy ⓘ work in geometry ⓘ |
| legacy | provided rigorous basis for Euclidean geometry via proportion theory ⓘ |
| proposed | homocentric spheres system for planets ⓘ |
| studentOf |
Archytas
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Philistion of Locri ⓘ Plato ⓘ |
| taughtAt |
Knidos
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surface form:
Cnidus
Cyzicus ⓘ |
| used | geometric methods in astronomy ⓘ |
| worksKnownFrom |
reports by later authors such as Aristotle
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reports by later authors such as Euclid ⓘ |
| wroteAbout |
astronomy
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ethics ⓘ geography ⓘ geometry ⓘ |
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