Talk:Serenus of Antinoöpolis
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Hellenistic Mathematician
editSerenus is not a Hellenistic mathematician. His exact dates are uncertain; however, it is likely, as the article states, that he lived in the 4th century AD. This means that, far from being a Hellenistic mathematician, he was mathematician from late antiquity. Indeed, his extant works have all the hallmarks of mathematics of this late period. Michael N. Fried Mfried60 (talk) 11:02, 3 December 2011 (UTC) http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Serenus_of_Antinouplis&action=edit§ion=new#
Which Theon?
edit"Serenus wrote a commentary on the Conics of Apollonius, which is now lost. We hear from Theon of Smyrna that the main result of the commentary was that of a number of angles that are subtended at a point on a diameter of a circle that is not the center, ..."
He can't have done. Theon of Smyrna (according to your link) flourished 100 CE which is 200 years earlier. Perhaps Theon of Alexandria is meant.
I have raised the issue with the MacTutor website administrators, as this appears to be where the mistake is sourced. --Matt Westwood 12:36, 3 December 2011 (UTC)