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[edit]Isidore of Miletus (Greek: Ἰσίδωρος ὁ Μιλήσιος; Medieval Greek pronunciation: [iˈsiðoros o miˈlisios]; Latin: Isidorus Miletus) was one of the two main Byzantine Greek architects (Anthemius of Tralles was the other) that Emperor Justinian I commissioned to design the cathedral Hagia Sophia in Constantinople from 532 to 537. He was born circa 510 AD.[1] The creation of an important compilation of Archimedes' works has been attributed to him.[2] The spurious Book XV from Euclid's Elements has been partly attributed to Isidore of Miletus.[3]
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[edit]Isidore is also renowned for producing the first comprehensive compilation of Archimedes' work, the Archimedes palimpsest survived to the present.
Teachings and writings
In addition to editing the works of others Isidore is known to have written his own commentary on Hero of Alexandria's "On Vaulting", which discussed aspects of vault construction and design in relation to geometry.[4] While this commentary is lost Eutocius makes mention of it in his own writings. It is when referring to this work that Eutocius credits Isidore with designing a special compass for the purpose of drawing parabolas.[5] Isidore's invention allowed for the drawing of parabolas with a greater level accuracy than that of which many previous methods were capable.[6] From Eutocius (or his copyist) it is believed that one notable use for Isidores invention was to visually solve the problem of doubling the volume of a cube. This was said to be done by drawing two parabolas and finding the point where they intersect.[7] In addition to their mathematical applications, Isidore is believed to have highlighted the uses of applying the use of parabolas to the construction of vaults.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Cameron, Alan (1990). Isidore of Miletus and Hypatia: On the Editing of Mathematical texts. p. 106.
- ^ Reviel Netz (2004). The Works of Archimedes: Volume 1, The Two Books On the Sphere and the Cylinder: Translation and Commentary. ISBN 9780521661607.
- ^ Boyer (1991). "Euclid of Alexandria". A History of Mathematics. pp. 130–131).
- ^ Martines, Gaingiacomo ((2014)). "Isidore's Compass: A Scholium by Eutocius on Hero's Treatise on Vaulting". Nuncius: Journal of the Material and Visual History of Science: 291.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Cameron, Alan (1990). "Isidore of Miletus and Hypatia: On the Editing of Mathematical Texts". p. 120,121.
- ^ Martines, Giangiacomo ((2014)). "Isidore's Compass: A Scholium by Eutocius on Hero's Treatise On Vaulting". Nuncius: Journal of the Material and Visual History of Science: 286.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Martines, Giangiacomo ((2014)). "Isidore's Compass: A Scholium by Eutocius on Hero's Treatise On Vaulting". Nuncius: Journal of the Material and Visual History of Science: 282.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Martines, Giangiacomo ((2014)). "Isidore's Compass: A Scholium by Eutocius on Hero's Treatise on Vaulting". Nuncius: Journal of the Material and Visual History of Science: 311.
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- Martines, Giangiacomo (2014). "Isidore's Compass: A Scholium by Eutocius on Hero's Treatise On Vaulting". Nuncius: Journal of the Material and Visual History of Science: 279-311