| LC control no. | nr 93035833 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Serenus, Antinoensis |
| Variant(s) | Serenus, Antissensis Serenus, d'Antinoe Serenus, of Anzi |
| Biography/History note | Serenus Antinoensis was a 4th century mathematician from Egypt. He wrote a commentary on the conics of Apollonius, now lost, and two treatises, "On the section of a cylinder" and "On the section of a cone." |
| Beginning date | 03 |
| Located | Antinoòˆpolis (Extinct city) |
| Field of activity | Geometry |
| Profession or occupation | Mathematicians |
| Found in | Apollonius, of Perga. Apollonii Pergæi Conicorum libri octo, et Sereni Antissensis De sectione cylindri & coni libri duo, 1710. NUC pre-56 (Serenus, Antinoensis) BM (Serenus, of Anzi) Serenus d'Antinoe dans la tradition apollonienne et archimedienne, 2002: t.p. Heath, T. A history of Greek mathematics, 1921: volume 2, page 519 (Serenus; from Antinoeia or Antinoupolis, a city in Egypt; active 4th century; author of a lost commentary on the Conics of Apollonius, and of two treatises, "On the section of a cylinder," and "On the section of a cone") |
| Associated language | grc |
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