Theudius
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Theudius is a Greek mathematician of 4th century BCE, born in Magnesia, a member of the Platonic Academy and a contemporary of Aristotle. He is only known from Proclus’ commentary to Euclid, where Theudius is said to have had "a reputation for excellence in mathematics as in the rest of philosophy, for he produced admirable "Elements" and made many partial theorems more general".
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It is catalogued under topics including 4th-century BC Greek mathematicians, Year of birth unknown and Year of death unknown.
Its subject is documented across 4 Wikipedia language editions.
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- human
- Gender
- male
- Occupation
- mathematician
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
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- classical antiquity
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- 0400-00-00
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- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- writing language
- Ancient Greek
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Theudius is a Greek mathematician of 4th century BCE, born in Magnesia, a member of the Platonic Academy and a contemporary of Aristotle. He is only known from Proclus’ commentary to Euclid, where Theudius is said to have had "a reputation for excellence in mathematics as in the rest of philosophy, for he produced admirable "Elements" and made many partial theorems more general".
The "Elements" of Theudius are probably the source for Aristotle's mathematical examples.
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