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How Far Did Euclid Influence The Work Of Archimedes

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Archimedes, son of Phidias an astronomer, was born in 287 B.C. in Syracuse on an island in what is now Sicily, Greece. There are possible facts that he may have been related to Hieron ( Hiero II ) , King of Syracuse, and his son Gelon.
Archimedes went to Alexandria, Egypt, to study.
During his studies he came across information in the books written by Euclid called The Elements. Archimedes and some other mathematicians used Euclid’s information as models for their own analyse. Euclid influenced the work of Archimedes and because Archimedes knew so much about Euclid’s work, he was able to make new discoveries.
Archimedes began to send his discoveries to some scholars in Alexandria - Conon, Dositheus, and Eratosthenes. They were capable mathematicians
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