Menaechmus
Mathematician, Deceased Person
1969 – 2024
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Who was Menaechmus?
Menaechmus was an ancient Greek mathematician and geometer born in Alopeconnesus in the Thracian Chersonese, who was known for his friendship with the renowned philosopher Plato and for his apparent discovery of conic sections and his solution to the then-long-standing problem of doubling the cube using the parabola and hyperbola.
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- Dec 31, 1969
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- Died
- May 14, 2024
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on July 23, 2013
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