Hermotimus of Colophon

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Hermotimus of Colophon
Ερμότιμος
Occupationmathematician

Hermotimus of Colophon [a] (born c. 325 BC [1] ) was an Ancient Greek mathematician who lived and worked in Colophon.

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Biography

He was born and lived in Colophon.

Career

Hermotimus of Colophon extended the work that had been done by Eudoxus and Theaetetus, made many discoveries in the Elements, and put together some material on the subject of Loci. [2] [3]

Hermotimus was a contemporary of Euclid and collaborated with him on Elements, his seminal work. [4] [3]

Bibliography

His major work is Elements, on which he has collaborated with Euclid. [4]

References

  1. ↑ William Smith (ed.), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, vol. II, Boston: Little, Brown & Comp., 1867, p. 423
  2. ↑ "Proclus and the history of geometry as far as Euclid".
  3. 1 2 "Rattibha".
  4. 1 2 "Do we know of any ancient 'Introduction to Mathematics' in Ancient Greece, besides "The Elements"?".
  1. ↑ Ancient Greek: Ερμότιμος, romanized: Hermotimus.
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