Pappus' Mathematical Collection

GPTKB entity

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gptkbp:author	gptkb:Pappus_of_Alexandria
gptkbp:bookLost	gptkb:Book_I gptkb:Book_II
gptkbp:bookSurvives	Books III-VIII
gptkbp:containsWorkBy	gptkb:Hero_of_Alexandria gptkb:Euclid gptkb:Theodosius_of_Bithynia gptkb:Ptolemy gptkb:Pappus_of_Alexandria gptkb:Menelaus_of_Alexandria gptkb:Eutocius_of_Ascalon gptkb:Apollonius_of_Perga Aristaeus the Elder
gptkbp:dateWritten	4th century AD
gptkbp:firstPublished	gptkb:Federico_Commandino 1588
gptkbp:genre	gptkb:mathematics
gptkbp:influenced	later mathematicians
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Ancient_Greek
gptkbp:manuscriptLocation	gptkb:Bibliothèque_nationale_de_France Vatican Library
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:Pappus's_hexagon_theorem preservation of lost Greek mathematical works
gptkbp:numberOfBooks	8
gptkbp:preservedIn	manuscripts
gptkbp:referencedIn	Renaissance mathematicians
gptkbp:significance	source of information on ancient Greek mathematics
gptkbp:subject	gptkb:mathematics
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Commentary_on_Euclid's_Data
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Pappus' Mathematical Collection