Eutocius of Ascalon
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Byzantine mathematician
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Eutocius of Ascalon was a Palestinian-born Greek mathematician who wrote commentaries on several Archimedean treatises and on the Apollonian Conics. Life and work Little is known about the life of Eutocius. He was born in Ascalon, then in Palestina Prima. He lived during the reign of Justinian. Eutocius probably became the head of the Alexandrian school following Ammonius, and he was succeeded in this position by Olympiodorus, possibly as early as 525. He traveled to the greatest scientific centers of his time to conduct research on Archimedes' manuscripts.
