Hypsicles
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Hypsicles (; c. 190 – c. 120 BCE) was an ancient Greek mathematician and astronomer known for authoring On Ascensions (Ἀναφορικός) and possibly the Book XIV of Euclid's Elements. Hypsicles lived in Alexandria.
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- Die Aufgangszeiten der Gestirne (Anaphorikos, polyglott)
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Alexandria
- Occupation
- astronomer
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Native language
- Ancient Greek
- Field of work
- classical antiquity
- Work location
- Alexandria
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- date of birth
- 0190-00-00
- date of death
- 0120-00-00
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- writing language
- Ancient Greek
- name in native language
- Υψικλής ο Αλεξανδρεύς
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- WikiProject Mathematics
- birth name
- Υψικλής
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Life and work
- On Ascensions
- Euclid's ''Elements''
- Hypsicles letter
- Notes
- References
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Hypsicles (; c. 190 – c. 120 BCE) was an ancient Greek mathematician and astronomer known for authoring On Ascensions (Ἀναφορικός) and possibly the Book XIV of Euclid's Elements. Hypsicles lived in Alexandria.
== Life and work == Although little is known about the life of Hypsicles, it is believed that he authored the astronomical work On Ascensions. The mathematician Diophantus of Alexandria noted on a definition of polygonal numbers, due to Hypsicles:
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