Greek Geometry (b) | Math History | NJ Wildberger

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The ancient Greeks loved geometry and made great advances in this subject. Euclid's Elements was for 2000 years the main text in mathematics, giving a careful systematic treatment of both planar and three dimensional geometry, culminating in the five Platonic solids.
Apollonius made a thorough study of conics: ellipse, parabola and hyperbola. Constructions played a key role, using straightedge and compass.

This is one of a series of lectures on the History of Mathematics by Assoc. Prof. N J Wildberger at UNSW.

Video Contents:
00:00 Introduction to Greek Geometry
00:30 Apollonius (200 BC)- Conic sections
07:16 Pole and Polar
10:50 Determining the polar line
12:48 If X lies on the polar line of Y, then Y lies on the polar line of X
15:10 Cone approach to conic sections (Dandelin-19th Century)
19:42 Pappus (100 AD)
21:34 Pappus' theorem (projective geometry!)

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This is so Such gratitude towards you for making it all available

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I love this series so much! Thank you!

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Dr. @njwildberger I am thoroughly enjoying and learning a lot in true spirit of mathematics. I've started your math history lectures along with reading the wonderful book by John Stillwell. Please can you explain and provide resources to answer that what was the thought process and ideas which layed the foundation of conic section? I mean how did Apollonius and his precursors thought about cutting the two cones with planes and studied the shapes it generates? And what about cutting the cones with spheres and other curved surfaces?

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