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Carpus of Antioch

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by Carpus concerning whether problems should come before theorems, in which Carpus may (or may not) have been criticising
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is a quantity, namely a distance between the lines of surfaces containing it." According to
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Antioch
Greek
Greek
mathematician
mechanics
astronomy
geometry
Proclus
Geminus
angle
Pappus
Iamblichus
squaring the circle
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Ancient Greek mathematics
Mathematicians
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Anaxagoras
Anthemius
Archytas
Aristaeus the Elder
Aristarchus
Aristotle
Apollonius
Archimedes
Autolycus
Bion
Bryson

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