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1 By Natalie Cook MTH 553 Math History Topic

2 Known for the Lighthouse of Alexandria (one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World) and the Library of Alexandria (largest library in the ancient world) Second largest city in Egypt Known as “The Pearl of the Mediterranean” Founded by Alexander the Great

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4 A recreation of what the Library might have looked like.

5 Wealth of knowledge from Greece Geometry or Arithmetic? Prime Numbers Eudoxis of Cnidus: two ratios are equal if and only if they divide the set of positive rational numbers the same way Discrete or Continuous?

6  Ptolemy  Euclid  Archimedes  Hypatia of Alexandria  Heron  Eudoxis of Cnidus  Theon

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