Apollonius of Perga

Apollonius of Perga [Pergaeus] (Ancient Greek: Ἀπολλώνιος) (ca. 262 BC – ca. 190 BC) was a Greek geometer and astronomer noted for his writings on conic sections.

External links

• O’Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., “Apollonius of Perga”, MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews, http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Apollonius.html .