Person: Dionysodorus

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Dionysodorus was a Greek mathematician who solved a cubic equation using the intersection of a parabola and a hyperbola.

Mathematical Profile (Excerpt):

Born about 250 BC, Caunus, Caria, Asia Minor (now in Turkey). Died about 190 BC.

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Ancient Greek, Origin Turkey


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References

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