THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA

By Natalie CookMTH 553Math History Topic

HISTORY

Known for the Lighthouse of Alexandria (one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World) and the Library of Alexandria (largest library in the ancient world)

Second largest city in Egypt

Known as “The Pearl of the Mediterranean”

Founded by Alexander the Great

THE LIGHTHOUSE (PHAROS) OF ALEXANDRIA

LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA

A recreation of what the Library might have looked like.

MATHEMATICS

Wealth of knowledge from Greece

Geometry or Arithmetic?

Prime Numbers

Eudoxis of Cnidus: two ratios are equal if and only if they divide the set of positive rational numbers the same way

Discrete or Continuous?

MATHEMATICIANS

Ptolemy Euclid Archimedes Hypatia of Alexandria Heron Eudoxis of Cnidus Theon

PTOLEMY (CLAUDIUS PTOLEMAEUS)

EUCLID ARCHIMEDES

HYPATIA OF ALEXANDRIA HERON

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