Archimedes Archimedes of Syracuse (;; ) was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor from the ancient city of Syracuse in Sicily. Although few details of his life are known, he is regarded as one of the leading scientists ...

(c. 287 BC – c. 212 BC) is the eponym of all of the things (and topics) listed below.

Mathematical concepts

Archimedean absolute value In algebra, an absolute value (also called a valuation, magnitude, or norm, although "norm" usually refers to a specific kind of absolute value on a field) is a function which measures the "size" of elements in a field or integral domain. More pre ...

Archimedean circle In geometry, an Archimedean circle is any circle constructed from an arbelos that has the same radius as each of Archimedes' twin circles. If the arbelos is normed such that the diameter of its outer (largest) half circle has a length of 1 and ''r ...

Archimedean copula In probability theory and statistics, a copula is a multivariate cumulative distribution function for which the marginal probability distribution of each variable is uniform on the interval , 1 Copulas are used to describe/model the de ...

Archimedean group In abstract algebra, a branch of mathematics, an Archimedean group is a linearly ordered group for which the Archimedean property holds: every two positive group elements are bounded by integer multiples of each other. The set R of real numbers tog ...

* Archimedean ordered field *

Archimedean point An Archimedean point () is a hypothetical viewpoint from which certain objective truths can perfectly be perceived (also known as a God's-eye view) or a reliable starting point from which one may reason. In other words, a view from an Archimedean ...

Archimedean property In abstract algebra and analysis, the Archimedean property, named after the ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes of Syracuse, is a property held by some algebraic structures, such as ordered or normed groups, and fields. The property, typical ...

Archimedean solid In geometry, an Archimedean solid is one of the 13 solids first enumerated by Archimedes. They are the convex uniform polyhedra composed of regular polygons meeting in identical vertices, excluding the five Platonic solids (which are composed ...

Archimedean spiral The Archimedean spiral (also known as the arithmetic spiral) is a spiral named after the 3rd-century BC Greek mathematician Archimedes. It is the locus corresponding to the locations over time of a point moving away from a fixed point with a con ...

Archimedean tiling Euclidean plane tilings by convex regular polygons have been widely used since antiquity. The first systematic mathematical treatment was that of Kepler in his ''Harmonices Mundi'' (Latin: ''The Harmony of the World'', 1619). Notation of Eucli ...

* Archimedes' axiom *

Archimedes' cattle problem Archimedes's cattle problem (or the or ) is a problem in Diophantine analysis, the study of polynomial equations with integer solutions. Attributed to Archimedes, the problem involves computing the number of cattle in a herd of the sun god from ...

* Archimedes' hat-box theorem *

Archimedes constant The number (; spelled out as "pi") is a mathematical constant that is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, approximately equal to 3.14159. The number appears in many formulas across mathematics and physics. It is an irrat ...

Archimedes number In viscous fluid dynamics, the Archimedes number (Ar), is a dimensionless number used to determine the motion of fluids due to density differences, named after the ancient Greek scientist and mathematician Archimedes. It is the ratio of gravitati ...

Archimedes' quadruplets In geometry, Archimedes' quadruplets are four congruent circles associated with an arbelos. Introduced by Frank Power in the summer of 1998, each have the same area as Archimedes' twin circles, making them Archimedean circles. Construction An arb ...

Archimedes Square ''Ostomachion'', also known as ''loculus Archimedius'' (Archimedes' box in Latin) and also as ''syntomachion'', is a mathematical treatise attributed to Archimedes. This work has survived fragmentarily in an Arabic version and a copy, the ''A ...

Archimedes' twin circles In geometry, the twin circles are two special circles associated with an arbelos. An arbelos is determined by three collinear points , , and , and is the curvilinear triangular region between the three semicircles that have , , and as their diame ...

Heron–Archimedes formula In geometry, Heron's formula (or Hero's formula) gives the area of a triangle in terms of the three side lengths , , . If s = \tfrac12(a + b + c) is the semiperimeter of the triangle, the area is, :A = \sqrt. It is named after first-century ...

Non-Archimedean geometry In mathematics, non-Archimedean geometry is any of a number of forms of geometry in which the axiom of Archimedes is negated. An example of such a geometry is the Dehn plane. Non-Archimedean geometries may, as the example indicates, have properties ...

Non-Archimedean ordered field In mathematics, a non-Archimedean ordered field is an ordered field that does not satisfy the Archimedean property. Examples are the Levi-Civita field, the hyperreal numbers, the surreal numbers, the Dehn field, and the field of rational functions ...

Archimedes' ostomachion ''Ostomachion'', also known as ''loculus Archimedius'' (Archimedes' box in Latin) and also as ''syntomachion'', is a mathematical treatise attributed to Archimedes. This work has survived fragmentarily in an Arabic version and a copy, the ''A ...

Physical concepts

Archimedes paradox Vertical pressure variation is the variation in pressure as a function of elevation. Depending on the fluid in question and the context being referred to, it may also vary significantly in dimensions perpendicular to elevation as well, and these var ...

Archimedes' principle Archimedes' principle (also spelled Archimedes's principle) states that the upward buoyant force that is exerted on a body immersed in a fluid, whether fully or partially, is equal to the weight of the fluid that the body displaces. Archimede ...

Technology

Things invented by Archimedes

* Archimedes' pulley *

Archimedes' screw The Archimedes screw, also known as the Archimedean screw, hydrodynamic screw, water screw or Egyptian screw, is one of the earliest hydraulic machines. Using Archimedes screws as water pumps (Archimedes screw pump (ASP) or screw pump) dates back ...

** Archimedean turbine * Archimedes heat ray *

Claw of Archimedes The Claw of Archimedes ( grc, Ἁρπάγη, translit=harpágē, lit=snatcher; also known as the iron hand) was an ancient weapon devised by Archimedes to defend the seaward portion of Syracuse's city wall against amphibious assault. Although i ...

Trammel of Archimedes A trammel of Archimedes is a mechanism that generates the shape of an ellipse. () It consists of two shuttles which are confined ("trammeled") to perpendicular channels or rails and a rod which is attached to the shuttles by pivots at fixed posi ...

Other

Archimedes bridge A submerged floating tunnel (SFT), also known as submerged floating tube bridge (SFTB), suspended tunnel, or Archimedes bridge, is a proposed design for a tunnel that floats in water, supported by its buoyancy (specifically, by employing the hydro ...

Archimede combined cycle power plant Archimede combined cycle power plant (also known as Centrale a ciclo combinato Archimede, once Centrale Enel Priolo Gargallo) is an integrated solar combined cycle (ISCC) power generation plant at Priolo Gargallo near Syracuse in Sicily, Italy. ...

* SS Archimedes *

Archimedes Group Archimedes Group is a Tel Aviv-based private intelligence agency that has operated political campaigns using social media since 2017. History Archimedes' chief executive is Elinadav Heymann, former director of the Brussels-based European Friends ...

Computer hardware and software

Archimedes (CAD) Archimedes – "The Open CAD" – (also called Arquimedes) is a computer-aided design (CAD) program being developed with direct input from architects and architecture firms. With this design philosophy, the developers hope to create software be ...

Archimedes Geo3D Archimedes Geo3D is a software package for dynamic geometry in 3-dimensional, three dimensions. It was released in Germany in March 2006 and won a German government award for outstanding educational software in 200 Advanced features Archimedes Ge ...

Acorn Archimedes Acorn Archimedes is a family of personal computers designed by Acorn Computers of Cambridge, Cambridge, England. The systems are based on Acorn's own ARM architecture processors and the proprietary operating systems Arthur and RISC OS. The fi ...

GNU Archimedes Archimedes is a TCAD package for use by engineers to design and simulate submicron and mesoscopic semiconductor devices. Archimedes is free software and thus it can be copied, modified and redistributed under GPL. Archimedes uses the Ensembl ...

Oath

* The Archimedean Oath, taken by some engineers

Astronomical names

* 3600 Archimedes *

Archimedes (crater) Archimedes is a large lunar impact crater on the eastern edges of the Mare Imbrium. Its diameter is 81 km. Description The diameter of Archimedes is the largest of any crater on the Mare Imbrium. The rim has a significant outer rampart ...

Montes Archimedes Montes Archimedes is a mountain range on the Moon. It is named after the nearby crater Archimedes, which in turn is named after the ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes. This group of mountains is located on a plateau in the eastern part of t ...

Written works of Archimedes

Archimedes Palimpsest The Archimedes Palimpsest is a parchment codex palimpsest, originally a Byzantine Greek copy of a compilation of Archimedes and other authors. It contains two works of Archimedes that were thought to have been lost (the ''Ostomachion'' and the ' ...

(Numerous written works of Archimedes survive. This is the only one whose conventional name includes his.)

Other

* Archimedes, Merlin's owl in

T. H. White Terence Hanbury "Tim" White (29 May 1906 – 17 January 1964) was an English writer best known for his Arthurian novels, published together in 1958 as ''The Once and Future King''. One of his most memorable is the first of the series, '' The Sw ...

's novel '' The Sword in the Stone'' and its adaptations *

Archimedes (bryozoan) ''Archimedes'' is a genus of bryozoans belonging to the family Fenestellidae. The first use of the term "Archimedes" in relation to this genus was in 1838. Etymology This genus of bryozoans is named ''Archimedes'' because of its corkscrew sha ...

* Archimedes-lab.org * Pseudo-Archimedes {{DEFAULTSORT:List of things named after Archimedes

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