Apollonius of Perga: References & Edit History
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The text of Books IāIV of the Conics, together with Latin translations, is available in Apollonii Pergaei quae Graece exstant cum commentariis antiquis, ed. and trans. by I.L. Heiberg (J.L. Heiberg), 2 vol. (1891ā93, reprinted 1974).
The text of Books VāVII of the Conics is available in Conics, Books V to VII: The Arabic Translation of the Lost Greek Original in the Version of the Banu Musa, ed. and trans. by G.J. Toomer, 2 vol. (1990).
The best modern translation of the Conics is in French, Les Coniques dāApollonius de perge, trans. by Paul ver Eecke (1923; reprinted 1963).
An English explication of the Conics is T.L. Heath (ed.), Apollonius of Perga (1896; reissued 1961). An English translation of Books I-III may be found in R. Catesby Taliaferro, Apollonius of Perga: Conics, Books I-III (1998).
Information on Apolloniusās astronomical work can be found in O. Neugebauer, āApolloniusā Planetary Theory,ā Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics, 8: 641ā648 (1955); and āThe Equivalence of Eccentric and Epicyclic Motion According to Apollonius,ā Scripta Mathematica, 24 (1): 5ā21 (Spring 1959).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 13, 2024 | ||
| Modified title of Web site: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive - Biography of Apollonius of Perga. | Feb 01, 2017 | ||
| Added new Web site: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive - Biography of Apollonius of Perga. |
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Nov 21, 2006 | |
| Article revised and updated. | Jun 09, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Oct 12, 2001 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |