465-398 B.C. Greek North African Mathematician Known as much for his pupils as for his other work, Theodorus of Cyrene worked on questions involving the square roots of 3 and 5. This led him to discoveries concerning irrational numbers, or numbers that...

Theodorus of Cyrene was a Greek mathematician of the 5th century BC who was admired by Plato (who mentions him in several of his works, most notably the Theatetus) . Little is known about him; however, Plato attributes to him the first proof of the...

Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER The Association of Public-safety Communications Officials endorsed a proposal submitted earlier this year by Cyren Call Communications Corp. that would set aside 30 megahertz of spectrum in the upper 700 MHz band for a next-generation public-safety network that...

Cyrene H. Smith of Elgin Funeral services for Cyrene H. Smith, 88, will be held at noon Tuesday, at Laird Funeral Home, Elgin. Dr. T. DeWitt Smith of Atlanta will officiate. Born Dec. 12, 1915, in Hannibal, Mo., the daughter of Ella...