Eudoxus of Cnidus

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Eudoxus of Cnidus was an ancient Greek mathematician and astronomer renowned for developing the method of exhaustion and an influential geometric model of planetary motion.

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Eudoxus of Cnidus canonical 9
Eudoxus 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek philosopher ⓘ
ancient Greek astronomer ⓘ
ancient Greek mathematician ⓘ
geometer ⓘ
associatedWith Athens ⓘ
Cnidus ⓘ
linked to: Knidos

Cyzicus ⓘ
birthPlace Asia Minor ⓘ
Caria ⓘ
Cnidus ⓘ
linked to: Knidos
citizenship Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
contributedTo foundations of real number theory (via proportion theory) ⓘ
described planetary motions using concentric spheres ⓘ
developed method of exhaustion ⓘ
theory of proportion used in Euclid's Elements Book V ⓘ
educatedAt Plato's Academy ⓘ
linked to: Academy of Athens
era Classical Greece ⓘ
fieldOfWork astronomy ⓘ
geometry ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
floruit 4th century BCE ⓘ
influenced Apollonius of Perga ⓘ
Aristotle ⓘ
Euclid ⓘ
Hellenistic astronomy ⓘ
Hipparchus ⓘ
development of Greek mathematical rigor ⓘ
influencedBy Plato ⓘ
Pythagorean school ⓘ
linked to: Pythagoreanism
knownFor geometric model of planetary motion ⓘ
homocentric spheres model ⓘ
method of exhaustion ⓘ
theory of proportion ⓘ
work in astronomy ⓘ
work in geometry ⓘ
legacy provided rigorous basis for Euclidean geometry via proportion theory ⓘ
proposed homocentric spheres system for planets ⓘ
studentOf Archytas ⓘ
Philistion of Locri ⓘ
Plato ⓘ
taughtAt Cnidus ⓘ
linked to: Knidos

Cyzicus ⓘ
used geometric methods in astronomy ⓘ
worksKnownFrom reports by later authors such as Aristotle ⓘ
reports by later authors such as Euclid ⓘ
wroteAbout astronomy ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
geography ⓘ
geometry ⓘ

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Archimedes → influencedBy → Eudoxus of Cnidus ⓘ
Academy of Athens (ancient) → notableStudent → Eudoxus of Cnidus ⓘ
subject linked to: Academy of Athens
Knidos → associatedWithPerson → Eudoxus of Cnidus ⓘ
A View of the Present State of Ireland → character → Eudoxus ⓘ
linked to: Eudoxus of Cnidus
Old Academy → hasNotableMember → Eudoxus of Cnidus ⓘ
Aratus of Soli → influencedBy → Eudoxus of Cnidus ⓘ
Method of Exhaustion → developedBy → Eudoxus of Cnidus ⓘ
Academy → notableStudent → Eudoxus of Cnidus ⓘ
Plato's circle → hasMember → Eudoxus of Cnidus ⓘ
Montes Caucasus → containsCrater → Eudoxus ⓘ
linked to: Eudoxus of Cnidus