Astro*Dictionary by Michael Erlewine
1 article for "Pappus"
Pappus [Astro*Index](pap'us)
(260?-?) Greek mathematician.
The 8 books of his Mathematical Collection contain a summary of virtually everything known of Greek mathematics. He also wrote a detailed commentary on the Almagest, Ptolemy's system of planetary motion.
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