Person: Pandrosion

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Pandrosion of Alexandria was a Greek mathematician of the 4th century A.D. She developed an approximate method for doubling the cube. She lived earlier than Hypatia.

Mathematical Profile (Excerpt):

Born about 300, possibly Alexandria, Egypt. Died about 360, possibly Alexandria, Egypt.

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African, Origin Egypt, Women


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References

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