Mathematicians Found a Way to Simplify an Ancient Greek Geometry Problem “Squaring the circle,” or constructing a square with the same area as a given circle with just a compass and a ...

The rediscovered manuscript contains the lost fifth and seventh books of Apollonius's renowned work, the Conics. The Conics is considered one of the most profound works of ancient Greek mathematics.

Ancient Greek mathematics was true back then, is still true now, and will remain true for all people, in all ages, for all eternity. Mathematics allows us to touch something beyond ourselves, to ...