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 .
Fonts (selection)
- 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.
Web links
- Literature by and about Anthony Lo Bello in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- Page at Allegheny College
- Personal page at Allegheny College
- Anthony Lo Bello in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English)
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SURNAME | Lo Bello, Anthony |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lo Bello, Anthony Joseph (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American mathematician and mathematician historian |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1947 |