Another unknown birthday: Amongst the earliest recorded woman in #mathematics, Hypatia lived during the 3rd century AD in Alexandria, Egypt, which was part of the Roman Empire. She was born at some time between about 350 and 370 and died in 415 C.E. She taught philosophy, #astronomy and mathematics at a Neoplatonist school. She believed in empiricism and natural law. She was the daughter of a 🧵
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famous #mathematician, Theon Alexandricus (ca. 335–405), with whom she worked and published edited versions of Classical texts in mathematics. She also pursued her education in Athens and Italy before returning to Alexandria.⠀
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It is difficult to precisely specify her own contributions to mathematics, since many documents have been lost (the Library of Alexandria itself was destroyed) and it was the tradition of the time to write commentaries on the great texts of Classical mathematics.🧵2/