Menelaus of Alexandria
70?-130?
Greek mathematician and astronomer who is considered the founder of spherical trigonometry, which was later used by Ptolemy in his Algamest. From Ptolemy we know that M...
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Menelaus of Alexandria
c. 70-c. 130
Greco-Roman astronomer and mathematician who wrote a number of works, of which only his Sphaerica survives. The latter dealt with spherical triangles, and like most...
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Menelaus of Alexandria