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Pappus of Alexandria

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Pappus of Alexandria [ˈpæpəs]
n
(Biographies) 3rd century bc, Greek mathematician, whose eight-volume Synagoge is a valuable source of information about Greek mathematics


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In an essay on the "sagacity of bees," Pappus of Alexandria noted in the fourth century A.
 
 
 
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