On Conoids and Spheroids
On Conoids and Spheroids (Ancient Greek: Περὶ κωνοειδέων καὶ σφαιροειδέων) is a surviving work by the Greek mathematician and engineer Archimedes (c. 287 BC – c. 212 BC). Comprising 32 propositions, the work explores properties of and theorems related to the solids generated by revolution of conic sections about their axes, including paraboloids, hyperboloids, and spheroids.[1] The principal result of the work is comparing the volume of any segment cut off by a plane with the volume of a cone with equal base and axis.[2]
The work is addressed to Dositheus of Pelusium.
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References
- "1911 Encyclopedia Britannica, Volume 2". Retrieved 2018-12-31.
- Coolidge, J.L. (1945). A history of the conic sections and quadric surfaces. Dover Publications. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
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