Hypsicles

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Hypsicles

Mathematics

#2342

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Geometry

#90

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Measure Theory

#7241

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mathematics Degrees

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Physics

#3504

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Astronomy

#496

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physics Degrees

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Why Is Hypsicles Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Hypsicles was an ancient Greek mathematician and astronomer known for authoring On Ascensions and the Book XIV of Euclid's Elements. Hypsicles lived in Alexandria. Life and work Although little is known about the life of Hypsicles, it is believed that he authored the astronomical work On Ascensions. The mathematician Diophantus of Alexandria noted on a definition of polygonal numbers, due to Hypsicles:

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