Person: Hipparchus Of Rhodes

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Hipparchus was a Greek mathematician who compiled an early example of trigonometric tables and gave methods for solving spherical triangles.

Mathematical Profile (Excerpt):

Born 190 BC, Nicaea (now Iznik), Bithynia (now Turkey). Died 120 BC, probably Rhodes, Greece.

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Analysis, Ancient Greek, Astronomy, Geography, Geometry, Origin Turkey, Physics

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References

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