Bryson Origins Variations Bricen, Brison, Brisson, Bruson, Bryceson, Brydeson, Bryson. The earliest known bearer of the name was bryson of heraclea, a mathematician of ancient Greece around 350 BC, who devised a http://www.brysonclan.net/old.htm
Extractions: The earliest known bearer of the name was Bryson of Heraclea, a mathematician of ancient Greece around 350 BC, who devised a new way of squaring a circle. Naturally, no modern Bryson can trace their lineage back to the original Bryson, but our name is very old. Unfortunately that age also clouds its origin. However, we have several theories based on fragmentary records. One legend told in the family is that two missionaries were sent from Rome to both France and Scotland. The missionary to France became known as Brisson. The missionary to Scotland became known as Bryson. Legend fables that we are the descendants of that Bryson. One creditable theory has some similarity to the missionary legend. It links the family with the French Brissons but as ancestors not comrades. This theory holds that the family descended from French Huguenots named Brisson. Around the time of the Massacre on St. Bartholomew Day in 1512 they escaped from France to Scotland, Ireland, and England. Their name gradually changed to the more anglicized Bryson with each passing year. Another theory has the family originating from Ulster, particularly in Counties Donegal and Derry. The earlier spelling of the name was Mrieson with similar variants. The Bryson and Morrison names evolved from those earlier Gaelic names. This theory holds that at least some of the Irish Brysons developed independent of the Scot Brysons.
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The History Of ? The History of Pi. David Wilson. History of Mathematics. Rutgers, Spring 2000 Antiphon and bryson of heraclea came up with the innovative idea of inscribing a polygon circle" (Blatner, 16) . http://www.math.rutgers.edu/~cherlin/History/Papers2000/wilson.html
Extractions: Rutgers, Spring 2000 Throughout the history of mathematics, one of the most enduring challenges has been the calculation of the ratio between a circle's circumference and diameter, which has come to be known by the Greek letter pi . From ancient Babylonia to the Middle Ages in Europe to the present day of supercomputers, mathematicians have been striving to calculate the mysterious number. They have searched for exact fractions, formulas, and, more recently, patterns in the long string of numbers starting with 3.14159 2653..., which is generally shortened to 3.14. William L. Schaaf once said, "Probably no symbol in mathematics has evoked as much mystery, romanticism, misconception and human interest as the number pi" (Blatner, 1). We will probably never know who first discovered that the ratio between a circle's circumference and diameter is constant, nor will we ever know who first tried to calculate this ratio. The people who initiated the hunt for pi were the Babylonians and Egyptians, nearly 4000 years ago. It is not clear how they found their approximation for pi, but one source (Beckman) makes the claim that they simply made a big circle, and then measured the circumference and diameter with a piece of rope. They used this method to find that
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Extractions: Note: there are also a chronological lists of mathematical works and mathematics for China , and chronological lists of mathematicians for the Arabic sphere Europe Greece India , and Japan 1700 B.C.E. 100 B.C.E. 1 C.E. To return to this table of contents from below, just click on the years that appear in the headers. Footnotes (*MT, *MT, *RB, *W, *SB) are explained below Ahmes (c. 1650 B.C.E.) *MT Baudhayana (c. 700) Thales of Miletus (c. 630-c 550) *MT Apastamba (c. 600) Anaximander of Miletus (c. 610-c. 547) *SB Pythagoras of Samos (c. 570-c. 490) *SB *MT Anaximenes of Miletus (fl. 546) *SB Cleostratus of Tenedos (c. 520) Katyayana (c. 500) Nabu-rimanni (c. 490) Kidinu (c. 480) Anaxagoras of Clazomenae (c. 500-c. 428) *SB *MT Zeno of Elea (c. 490-c. 430) *MT Antiphon of Rhamnos (the Sophist) (c. 480-411) *SB *MT Oenopides of Chios (c. 450?) *SB Leucippus (c. 450) *SB *MT Hippocrates of Chios (fl. c. 440) *SB Meton (c. 430) *SB
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Bryson bryson of heraclea. Born about 450 BC in Heraclea (now Taranto, Italy) Died ? Aristotlementions bryson of heraclea, who was the son of Herodorus of Heraclea. http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Bryson.html
Extractions: Plato and Aristotle both mention a mathematician called Bryson, but as is often the case, there is not complete agreement among scholars as to whether these refer to the same person or to two different people. Aristotle mentions Bryson of Heraclea, who was the son of Herodorus of Heraclea. Bryson was a Sophist and Aristotle criticises him both for his assertion that there is no such thing as indecent language, and also for his method of squaring the circle . We do know some details of this methods of squaring the circle and, despite the criticisms of Aristotle , it was an important step forward in the development of mathematics. Aristotle 's criticism appears to have been based on the fact that Bryson's proof used general principles rather than on geometric ones, but it is somewhat unclear exactly what Aristotle meant by this. Diogenes Laertius gives some other biographical details of Bryson, but these cannot all be correct since Bryson's interaction with a number of philosophers is stated, yet certain of these are impossible due to the dates during which these men lived. Perhaps the most likely of the details preserved by Diogenes Laertius is that Bryson was either a pupil of Socrates or of Euclid of Megara It is a little difficult to reconstruct exactly what Bryson's method of squaring the circle was. According to Alexander Aphrodisiensis, writing in about 210 AD, Bryson
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Bryson Biography of Bryson (450BC390BC) bryson of heraclea. Born about 450 BC in Heraclea (now Taranto, Italy Aristotle mentions bryson of heraclea, who was the son of Herodorus of Heraclea. Bryson was a http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Bryson.html
Extractions: Plato and Aristotle both mention a mathematician called Bryson, but as is often the case, there is not complete agreement among scholars as to whether these refer to the same person or to two different people. Aristotle mentions Bryson of Heraclea, who was the son of Herodorus of Heraclea. Bryson was a Sophist and Aristotle criticises him both for his assertion that there is no such thing as indecent language, and also for his method of squaring the circle . We do know some details of this methods of squaring the circle and, despite the criticisms of Aristotle , it was an important step forward in the development of mathematics. Aristotle 's criticism appears to have been based on the fact that Bryson's proof used general principles rather than on geometric ones, but it is somewhat unclear exactly what Aristotle meant by this. Diogenes Laertius gives some other biographical details of Bryson, but these cannot all be correct since Bryson's interaction with a number of philosophers is stated, yet certain of these are impossible due to the dates during which these men lived. Perhaps the most likely of the details preserved by Diogenes Laertius is that Bryson was either a pupil of Socrates or of Euclid of Megara It is a little difficult to reconstruct exactly what Bryson's method of squaring the circle was. According to Alexander Aphrodisiensis, writing in about 210 AD, Bryson
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GEOMETRY bryson of heraclea took an important step when he circumscribed, in addition toinscribing, polygons to a circle, but he committed an error in treating the http://18.1911encyclopedia.org/G/GE/GEOMETRY.htm
Extractions: GEOMETRY It is convenient to discuss the subject-matter of geometry under the following headings: I. Euclidean Geometry: a discussion of the axioms of existent space and of the geometrical entities, followed by a synoptical account of Euclids Elements. II, Projective Geometry: primarily Euclidean, but differing from I. in employing the notion of geometrical continuity (q.v.) points and lines at infinity. III. Descriptive Geometry: the methods for representing upon planes figures placed in space of three dimensions. V. Line Geometry: an analytical treatment of the line regarded as the space element. VT. Non-Euclidean Geometry: a discussion of geometries other than that of the space of experience. VII. Axioms of Geometry: a critical analysis of the foundations of geometry. ~A fresh stimulus was given by, the succeeding Platonists, who, accepting in part the Pythagorean. cosmology, made the study of geometry preliminary to that of philosophy. The many discoveries made by this school were facilitated in no small measure by the clarification of the axioms and definitions, thc logical sequence of propositions which was adopted, and, mor especially, by the formulation of the analytic method, i,e. ol assuming the truth of a proposition and then reasoning to 1 i For Egyptian geometry see EGYPT. Science and Matherna~ics.
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Extractions: GOTTLIEBMATH:PI:HISTORY History Page *Pi to 100 decimal places This page lists the main events in the history of, what is, in my opinion, the most important number that exists: the irrational, transcendental ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter known to the world as Click here for the main page Click here for a list of formulas to calculate I would like to thank all of the references where I got much of the information for this page. Welcome to... THE PI HISTORY PAGE VERY EARLY PI (up to c. 500 BCE) THE GREEKS (c. 500 BCE to c. 0) PROGRESS IN ASIA (c. to c. 1000 CE) DIGITS GALORE! (c. 1000 CE to c. 1900 CE) ... THE ELECTRONIC AGE (1946 CE to present) VERY EARLY PI (up to c. 500 BCE) Back to Index of Time The first known mention of the ratio of circumference to diameter was written by Ahmes, an Egyptian scribe around 1650 BCE on the Rhind Papyrus. He implied that pi=256/81=3.16049..., less than 1% greater than our current value of 3.141592...! Even though he figured out a value for pi, it is doubtful he knew how to use it for circumference: the Rhind Papyrus talks about making a square whose area is equal to a circle's by using 8/9 of the diameter as one side. But the rest of the world didn't learn of his discovery: By 650 BCE, the Babylonians and the Jews were still using 3 for pi. In fact, the bible declares that the value of pi is 3: "Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim [diameter], round in compass....and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about [circumference]."
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Extractions: was first calculated in about 1650BC by Ahmes who was an Egyptian scribe. His writings were known as the Rhind Papyrus. In his words "cut off 1/9 of a diameter and construct a square upon the remainder; this has the same area as the circle". These days, knowing that the area of a cirlce is r , if the area of a square is 8/9, then Ahmes' theory implies that the ratio of the circumference to the diameter is 3.16049 and therefore his prediction of . However, Ahmes' word did not spread far. The Rhind Papyrus is the first recording of a circle being squared. This technique is one of the oldest mathematical problems and still continues to appear through history. The Rhind Papyrus was translated and explained by Eisenlohr in 1877 in The Greeks studied the idea of the measure of circles between 500BC and 200BC. Their main interest in was for exploring and expanding their minds - not the idea of measuring land and for buildings. Anaxagoras of Clazomenae tried to find a definite relationship between squares and circles and was able to invent a way of drawing a square which had an area equal to a circle. The Principle of exhaustion was developed in around 400BC by Antiphon and Bryson of Heraclea. This involved working out the area of a circle by doubling the sides of a hexagon and repeating this several times. The idea was that eventually, the polygon would have so many sides that it would now have become a circle.
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