Mathematician:Hippias of Elis
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Mathematician
Greek sophist who lectured on poetry, grammar, history, politics, mathematics, and much else.
Nationality
Greek
History
- Born: about 460 BC in Elis, Peloponnese, Greece
- Died: about 400 BC
Theorems and Definitions
- Quadratrix of Hippias, also known as the Trisectrix of Hippias
Critical View
Plato considered him vain and arrogant, which may have been an expression of professional jealousy.
Sources
- John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Hippias of Elis": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
- 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): A List of Mathematicians in Chronological Sequence
- 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): A List of Mathematicians in Chronological Sequence
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Hippias of Elis (c. 420 bc)
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Hippias of Elis (c.420 bc)