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  1. Mathematical career in Alexandria

    · Alexandria, Egypt

    Mathematical career in Alexandria
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    Euclid spent his known career in Alexandria around 300 BC. This is the only securely documented geographic setting for his professional life and the context in which the Alexandrian mathematical tradition associated with him developed. The source dates the presence only approximately ('around 300 BC'); the coordinates are a representative point for ancient Alexandria rather than an identified building or site.