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Pappus of Alexandria (lived c. AD 300)
The last of the great Greek geometers whose eight-volume Mathematical Collection summarized the bulk of mathematics known at that time. In this compendium, Pappus added a considerable number of his own explanations and amplifications of the earlier work of Euclid, Archimedes, Apollonius, and others.
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