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difference between Greek mathematics and those of preceding civilizations. Greek mathēmatikē ("mathematics") derives from the Ancient Greek: μάθημα, romanized: máthēma...

Ancient Greece (Ancient Greek: Ἑλλάς, romanized: Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th...

who coined the term "mathematics" from the ancient Greek μάθημα (mathema), meaning "subject of instruction". Greek mathematics greatly refined the methods...

is a timeline of mathematicians in ancient Greece. Historians traditionally place the beginning of Greek mathematics proper to the age of Thales of Miletus...

A History of Greek Mathematics is a book by English historian of mathematics Thomas Heath about history of Greek mathematics. It was published in Oxford...

the Hellenistic period of Ancient Greece, education in a gymnasium school was considered essential for participation in Greek culture. The value of physical...

contemporary Mathematics Subject Classification lists more than sixty first-level areas of mathematics. The word mathematics comes from Ancient Greek máthēma...

Ancient Greek astronomy is the astronomy written in the Greek language during classical antiquity. Greek astronomy is understood to include the Ancient...

This list of ancient Greek philosophers contains philosophers who studied in ancient Greece or spoke Greek. Ancient Greek philosophy began in Miletus with...

This played an integral role in the lives of ancient Greeks. There are some fragments of actual Greek musical notation, many literary references, depictions...

consequences of basic principles. While pure mathematics has existed as an activity since at least ancient Greece, the concept was elaborated upon around the...

Rowan (1987). Ancient Greek Literature and Society. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-1874-7. C. A. Trypanis (1981). Greek Poetry from...

chronology of ancient Greek mathematicians. Greek mathematics – Mathematics of Ancient Greeks List of Greek mathematicians Timeline of ancient Greek mathematicians...

The Ancient Tradition of Geometric Problems is a book on ancient Greek mathematics, focusing on three problems now known to be impossible if one uses only...

Ancient Egyptian mathematics is the mathematics that was developed and used in Ancient Egypt c. 3000 to c. 300 BCE, from the Old Kingdom of Egypt until...

Ancient Greek technology developed during the 5th century BC, continuing up to and including the Roman period, and beyond. Inventions that are credited...

Greek letters are used in mathematics, science, engineering, and other areas where mathematical notation is used as symbols for constants, special functions...

of ancient Greece refers to the influence of Ancient Greece on later periods of history, from Medieval times up to the current modern era. Greek culture...

Ancient Greek literature is literature written in the Ancient Greek language from the earliest texts until the time of the Byzantine Empire. The earliest...

Although methods of calculating areas and volumes dated from ancient Greek mathematics, the principles of integration were formulated independently by...