Pappus' Mathematical Collection

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Pappus'_Mathematical_Collection
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:synagogue
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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pappus' Mathematical Collection
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 7