Person: Archytas Of Tarentum

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Archytas was a Greek mathematician, statesman and philosopher who worked on the harmonic mean and the problem of duplicating the cube.

Mathematical Profile (Excerpt):

Born about 428 BC, Tarentum, Magna Graecia (now Taranto, Italy). Died about 350 BC.

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Ancient Greek, Geometry, Origin Italy

Epochs: 1


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References

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  1. O’Connor, John J; Robertson, Edmund F: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive