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The history of Alexandrian mathematics begins with the Elements of Euclid and closes with the Algebra of Diophantus, both of which are founded on the discoveries of several preceding centuries.

— James Gow A Short History of Greek Mathematics (1884)

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With Diophantus the history of Greek arithmetic comes to an end. No original work, that we know of, was done afterwards.

A Short History of Greek Mathematics (1884)

My aim is... to place before a young student a nucleus of well-ordered knowledge, to which he is to add intelligent notes and illustrations from his daily reading.

A Companion to School Classics (1888)

The bones... are given in a heap to a student who has no idea of a skeleton. Here is the defect which I am trying partly to supply...

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Officials could be removed during their year of office by vote of the ecclesia, and periodical opportunities were given for raising complaints...

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A student of history, who cares little for Greek or mathematics in particular, but who likes to watch how things grow, will be able to extract from these pages a notion of the whole history of mathematical science down to Newton's time...

A Short History of Greek Mathematics (1884)

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