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as flat circles lying in planes intersecting the sphere and provides geometric constructions for various configurations of spherical circles. Spherical distances and radii are treated as Euclidean distances in the surrounding 3-dimensional space. The relationship between planes is described in terms
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concerning motions of the celestial sphere, all written about two centuries before Theodosius. It has been speculated that this tradition of Greek "spherics" – founded in the axiomatic system and using the methods of proof of solid geometry exemplified by
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was a foundational treatise for geometers and astronomers from its origin until the 19th century. It was continuously studied and copied in Greek manuscript for more than a millennium. It was translated into
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Sphera mundi noviter recognita cum commentariis et authoribus in hoc volumine contentis, videlicet [...] Theodosii de Spheris [...]
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Autolykos: Rotierende kugel und Aufgang und untergang der gestirne. Theodosios von Tripolis: Sphaerik. Übersetzt und mit anmerkungen versehen
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Kitāb al-ukar li-Thāʾudhūsiyūs: Taḥrīr al-alāma al-faylasūf al-H̱awāǧah Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Ṭūsī
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The Little Astronomy and Middle Books between the 2nd and 13th Centuries CE: Transmissions of Astronomical Curricula
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but extended with additional definitions relevant to the sphere – may have originated in a now-unknown work by
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Malpangotto, Michela (2010). "Graphical Choices and Geometrical Thought in the Transmission of Theodosius'
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Primarily consisting of theorems which were known at least informally a couple centuries earlier, the
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Authoritative critical editions of the Greek text, compiled from several manuscripts, were made by
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This approach differs from other quantitative methods of Greek astronomy such as the analemma (
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Theodosii sphaericorum elementorum libri III, ex traditione Maurolyci Messanensis mathematici
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35 and analemma methods: An astronomical determination of the distance between two cities"
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Clavius's Commentary on the Sphericks of Theodosius Tripolitae: or, Spherical Elements
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Goldstein, Bernard R.; Bowen, Alan C. (1983). "A New View of Early Greek Astronomy".
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Mathematische Probleme im Mittelalter: Der lateinische und arabische Sprachbereich
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Theodosii Sphaerica: Methodo Nova Illustrata, & Succinctè Demonstrata
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Thomas, Robert S.D. (2013). "Acts of Geometrical Construction in the
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Valla, Giorgio, ed. (1501). "De sphaericis (book XII, chapter V)".
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Thomas, Robert S.D. (2018). "An Appreciation of the First Book of
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Theodosiou Sphairikōn biblia 3. Theodosii Sphaericorum libri tres
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Theodosius, "Sphaerica": Arabic and Medieval Latin Translations
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Les trois livres des Élémens spériques de Théodose Tripolitain
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Thomas, Robert S.D. (2018). "The definitions and theorems of
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Sidoli, Nathan; Thomas, Robert Spencer David, eds. (2023).
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Lorch, Richard (1996). "The transmission of Theodosius'
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A description of the analemma method can be found in:
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was part of a collection of treatises now called the
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Book I and the first half of Book II establish basic
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Index

Greek
treatise
spherical geometry
Hellenistic mathematician
Theodosius of Bithynia
geometric constructions
Euclidean
solid geometry
astronomy
celestial sphere
Arabic
Islamic Golden Age
Latin
in 12th century Iberia
Euclid
Autolycus
Euclid's Elements
Eudoxus
points
spherical circles
dihedral angle
angle measure
trigonometry
orthographic projection
stereographic projection
Hipparchus
Menelaus'
late antiquity
Little Astronomy
Aristarchus

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