Leon ( el,
Λέων) was Ancient Greek mathematician and pupil of
Neocleides. His book ''Elements'' was overshadowed by
Euclid
Euclid (; grc-gre, Εὐκλείδης; BC) was an ancient Greek mathematician active as a geometer and logician. Considered the "father of geometry", he is chiefly known for the '' Elements'' treatise, which established the foundations of ...
's
work of the same name.
Proclus states the following
[ Thomas Taylor, ]
The Philosophical and Mathematical Commentaries of Proclus on the First Book of Euclid's Elements
' Vol. 1 (1788) in his ''Commentary on the First Book of Euclid's Elements'':
But Neoclides was junior to Leodamas, and his disciple was Leon; who added many things to those thought of by former geometricians. So that Leon also constructed elements more accurate, both on account of their multitude, and on account of the use which they exhibit: and besides this, he discovered a method of determining when a problem, whose investigation is sought for, is possible, and when it is impossible.
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