On the Sphere and Cylinder (Archimedes)
GPTKB entity
Statements (21)
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:philosophy
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| gptkbp:author |
gptkb:Archimedes
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| gptkbp:commemoratedBy |
sphere and cylinder engraved on Archimedes' tomb
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| gptkbp:dateWritten |
circa 225 BCE
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| gptkbp:dedicatedTo |
gptkb:Dositheus_of_Pelusium
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| gptkbp:dividedInto |
two books
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
On the Sphere and Cylinder (Archimedes)
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| gptkbp:influenced |
later mathematicians
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| gptkbp:language |
gptkb:Ancient_Greek
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| gptkbp:notable_for |
surface area of a sphere is equal to the lateral surface area of its circumscribing cylinder
volume of a sphere is two-thirds the volume of its circumscribing cylinder |
| gptkbp:originalTitle |
gptkb:Περὶ_σφαίρας_καὶ_κυλίνδρου
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| gptkbp:preservedIn |
Latin translations
Greek manuscripts |
| gptkbp:relatedWork |
Measurement of a Circle (Archimedes)
On Conoids and Spheroids (Archimedes) |
| gptkbp:significance |
contains Archimedes' proudest mathematical achievement
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| gptkbp:subject |
gptkb:geometry
solid geometry |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Ancient_Greek_mathematics
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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