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Syracuse, Sicily
Archimedes was mathematician, engineer, and inventor. He found areas and volumes, bounded pi, studied levers and buoyancy, and used exhaustion arguments that anticipated calculus.
Documented historical recordTarentum in southern Italy
Archytas was mathematician, statesman, and engineer. He worked on number theory, musical ratios, mechanics, and a geometric solution to doubling the cube.
Documented historical recordSamos and Alexandria
Aristarchus of Samos was Greek astronomer and mathematician. He used geometry to estimate relative sizes and distances of the Sun and Moon and proposed a Sun-centered arrangement.
Documented historical recordIndia
Aryabhata was mathematician and astronomer. He wrote compact rules for arithmetic, algebra, trigonometry, astronomical calculation, and an approximation to pi.
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