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    Pergaetus Apollonius was one of the greatest mathematicians of antiquity. Commonly called "the great geometer," he was educated at Alexandria, Egypt, under the successors of Euclid. Apollonius presented the first systematic treatment of conic sections and coined the terms parabola, ellipse, and show more hyperbola. Seven of the eight books of his Conics survive, four in Greek and three in Arabic. Apollonius also made important contributions to astronomy by applying his knowledge of geometry to theories about planetary motions. Apollonois died about B.C. (Bowker Author Biography)show less

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    Apollonius of Perge (or Perga; Apollonius Pergaeus) was an ancient mathematical writer who lived in the Hellenistic era, ca. BC.  His reputation is based upon his Conics (or Conic Sections), one of the great works of ancient mathematics.  The Conic Sections deals with the shapes that are seen when a cone is intersected by a plane, i.e., when it is sliced open. You can get one of four shapes when that happens, including a circle, an ellipse, a parabola, or a hyperbola.

    Seven works, including the Conics, are mentioned by Pappus of Alexandria (fl. A.D. ) in his Collections book 7:[1]

    3.  The order of the books of the Domain of Analysis alluded to above is this: Euclid, Data, one book; Apollonius, Cutting off of a Ratio, two; Cutting off of an Area, two; <Determinate Section>, two; Tangencies, two; Euclid, Porisms, three; Apollonius, Neuses, two; by the same, Plane Loci, two; Conics, eight; Aristaeus, Solid Loci, five; Euclid, Loci on Surfaces, t

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    Apollonius of Perga
    Apollonius of Perga (Greek: Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ Περγαῖος;
    Latin: Apollonius Pergaeus; c. BC – c. BC) was
    an Ancient Greek geometer and astronomer known for
    his work on conic sections. Beginning from the
    contributions of Euclid and Archimedes on the topic, he
    brought them to the state prior to the invention of
    analytic geometry. His definitions of the terms ellipse,
    parabola, and hyperbola are the ones in use today.

    Apollonius worked on numerous other topics, including


    astronomy. Most of this work has not survived, where
    exceptions are typically fragments referenced by other
    authors. His hypothesis of eccentric orbits to explain the
    apparently aberrant motion of the planets, commonly
    believed until the Middle Ages, was superseded during
    the Renaissance.
    The conic sections, or two-dimensional figures
    formed bygd the intersection of a plane with a cone
    Contents at different angles. The theory of these figures
    was developed extensively by the an