Convexity in Greek antiquity

Athanase Papadopoulos (1)

1 IRMA - Institut de Recherche Mathématique Avancée

We consider several appearances of the notion of convexity in Greek antiquity, more specifically in mathematics and optics, in the writings of Aristotle, and in art.

Keywords: convexity; history of convexity; Greek antiquity; optics; lenses; Archimedes; Aristotle; Apollonius; conics.

Domains: History and Overview [math.HO]; Geometric Topology [math.GT]; Differential Geometry [math.DG]

Athanase Papadopoulos. Convexity in Greek antiquity. In: Geometry in History (ed. S. G. Dani and A. Papadopoulos), Springer, p. 139-152, 2019, 978-3-030-13609-3. ⟨10.1007/978-3-030-13609-3⟩. ⟨hal-02441633⟩