Category:Definitions/Named Definitions/Eudoxus

This category contains definitions named for Eudoxus of Cnidus.

Greek astronomer and mathematician.

Pioneered work on proportion.

Introduced the astronomical globe.

Developed the method of exhaustion, this being an early precursor to integral calculus. This was later exploited by Archimedes.

Studied and practised medicine, and was also a practising legislator.