Zenodorus

Zenodorus

Born: about 200 BC in Athens, Greece
 Died: about 140 BC in Greece

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Zenodorus studied the area of a figure with a fixed perimeter and the volume of a solid figure with fixed surface. For example he showed that among polygons with equal perimeter and an equal number of sides, the regular polygon has the greatest area.

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