The Alexandrian Greeks

Ptolemy 85 - 165 AD, Diophantus 200 - 284 AD,

Hypatia 370 - 415 AD Alexandria Egypt

  
 

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Biographical Info
Ptolemy Bio Info   http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Ptolemy.html
Diophantus Bio Info   http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Diophantus.html
Hypatia, the First Known Woman Mathematician  http://www.mathsci.appstate.edu/~sjg/ncctm/activities/hypatia/hypatia.htm
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Ptolemy Links
Alexandria, the Ptolemaic Dynasty   http://www.touregypt.net/alexhis1.htm
Tour Egypt, Ptolemy the 1st  http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/ptolemy1.htm
Private Life in Egypt Under the Empire, read the original papyri  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/romanegypt1.html
Ptolemy's Theorem  http://www.cut-the-knot.org/proofs/ptolemy.shtml
Ptolemaic Egypt and its Culture  http://www.houseofptolemy.org/housecul.htm

Diophantus Links
Diophantus Mathematics   http://www.weburbia.demon.co.uk/pg/diophant.htm
The Development of Algebra - The Greeks  http://scitsc.wlv.ac.uk/university/scit/modules/mm2217/g.htm
Algebra Fun - Calendar Activity  http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/Lessons/calen.html
Internet Links for Algebra  http://www.purplemath.com/internet.htm

Hypatia Links
Hypatia More Bio Info (MacTutor)   http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Hypatia.html
Hypatia - New Foes with an Old Face online  http://poly.polyamory.org/~howard/Hypatia/Kingsley_chapter_01.html
Dr. Sarah's Activities on Hypatia (college level)  http://www.mathsci.appstate.edu/~sjg/wmm/hypatia/
More information - credible site  http://www.campusprogram.com/reference/en/wikipedia/h/hy/hypatia_of_alexandria.html
Activities for G. 4-6   http://education.jpl.nasa.gov/educators/angular.html

Alexandrian Greek - Classical Reading Links
On the marriage of Hermes and Philology  http://math.cofc.edu/faculty/kasman/MATHFICT/mfview.php?callnumber=mf292
Martianus Capella (c. 410 A.D.), On the marriage of Hermes and Philology (translated in english by W.H. Stahl, Columbia University Press): Hermes is marrying a minor godess Philology. The Seven Liberal Arts (including Arithmetic, Geometry, Astronomy and Harmony) come to greet the couple and present themselves."



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