Leodamas of Thasos

Leodamas of Thasos (Greek: Λεωδάμας ὁ Θάσιος, c. 380 BC) was a Ancient Greece mathematician and a contemporary of Plato, about whom little is known. There are two references to Leodamas in Proclus's Commentary on Euclid:[1]

> At this time [Plato's time] also lived Leodamas of Thasos, Archytas of Tarentum, and Theaetetus of Athens, by whom the theorems [of geometry] were increased in number and brought into a more scientific arrangement. Younger than Leodamas was Neoclides and his pupil Leon, who added many discoveries.

> Plato, it is said, taught this method [analysis] to Leodamas, who is also reported to have made many discoveries in geometry by means of it.

and one in Diogenes Laërtius' Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Book 3 (Plato):

> He [Plato] was the first to explain to Leodamas of Thasos the method of solving problems by analysis.

## Notes

1. ↑ Waterhouse, William C. "Math Forum Discussions - math history list (Re: Leodamas of Thasos)". http://mathforum.org/kb/message.jspa?messageID=1378718&tstart=06. Retrieved 2011-02-07.

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