Apollonius of Perga (Ancient Greek: Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ Περγαῖος Apollṓnios ho Pergaîos; c. 240 BC – c. 190 BC) was an ancient Greek geometer and astronomer known...
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Ellipse (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
The name, ἔλλειψις (élleipsis, "omission"), was given by Apollonius of Perga in his Conics. An ellipse can be defined geometrically as a set or locus...
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