Anthony Lo Bello

Anthony Lo Bello (* 1947 ) is an American mathematician and mathematician .

Lo Bello studied at Kenyon College (AB) and at Yale University , where he did his doctorate with Shizuo Kakutani ( Ergodic transformations of Lebesgue spaces ). He teaches as a professor of mathematics at Allegheny College in Meadville , Pennsylvania .

His research area is the history of mathematics. In the field of Graeco-Arabica, he produced an edition of al-Nayrizi's commentary on Euclid and worked on the Latin translation by Gerhard von Cremona .

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The commentary of Al-Nayrizi on Book I of Euclid's Elements of geometry. With an introduction on the transmission of Euclid's Elements in the Middle Ages. Brill, Boston 2003.
Gerard of Cremona's translation of the commentary of Al-Nayrizi on Book I of Euclid's Elements of geometry. With an introductory account of the twenty-two early extant Arabic manuscripts of the Elements. Brill, Boston 2003.
The commentary of al-Nayrizi on Books II-IV of Euclid's Elements of Geometry. With a translation of that portion of Book I missing from Ms Leiden or. 399.1 but present in the newly discovered Qom manuscript edited by Rüdiger Arnzen. Brill, Boston 2009.
Origins of mathematical words. A comprehensive dictionary of Latin, Greek, and Arabic roots. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 2014.

personal data
SURNAME	Lo Bello, Anthony
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lo Bello, Anthony Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American mathematician and mathematician historian
DATE OF BIRTH	1947