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September 5th
| 1575 | Federico Commandino, translator of classic Greek works into Latin, died in Urbino, Italy, on this day. "In the sixteenth century, Western Mathematics emerged swiftly from a millennial decline. This rapid ascent was assisted by Apollonius, Archimedes, Aristarchus, Euclid, Eutocius, Hero, Pappus, Ptolemy, and Serenus---as published by Commandino." - Edward Rosen, Dictionary of Scientific Biography
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| 1667 | Giovanni Saccheri, first to discuss the effects of denying Euclid's Fifth Postulate, the Parallel Postulate, was born in Genoa, Italy, on this day.
More information about: Giovanni Saccheri The Parallel Postulate |
| 1725 | Jean Etienne Montucla, historian of mathematics, born in Lyon, France.
More information about: Jean Etienne Montucla |
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