Charmandros
Charmandros ( Greek : Χάρμανδρος, German also Charmander ) was a Greek mathematician of antiquity . His life data are unknown.
Charmandros wrote a book about flat places that has not survived, only the late antique writer Pappos gives three sentences from the beginning of this book.
Seneca reports that a Chamandros wrote a book on comets in which he shares an astronomical observation of Anaxagoras . It is not known whether both persons are identical.
swell
- Pappos: Mathematical Collections VII, 24.
- Seneca: Scientific Investigations VII, 5.3.
literature
- Franz Boll : Charmandros. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 2, Stuttgart 1899, Col. 2173.
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SURNAME | Charmandros |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Charmander |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | ancient Greek mathematician |
DATE OF BIRTH | between 6th century BC BC and 4th century |
DATE OF DEATH | between 6th century BC BC and 5th century |