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The Quadrature of the Parabola

geometric treatise by Archimedes, having 24 propositions about parabolas, including a proof that the area of a parabolic segment is 4/3 that of a certain inscribed triangle
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The Quadrature of the Parabola

Summary

The Quadrature of the Parabola is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (88 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Quadrature of the Parabola's image is recorded as Parabolic Segment Dissection.svg[3].
  • The Quadrature of the Parabola's image is recorded as Parabola and inscribed triangle.svg[4].
  • The Quadrature of the Parabola's instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • The Quadrature of the Parabola's instance of is recorded as open letter[6].
  • The Quadrature of the Parabola's Commons category is recorded as Quadrature of the Parabola[7].
  • The Quadrature of the Parabola's language of work or name is recorded as Ancient Greek[8].
  • The Quadrature of the Parabola's publication date is recorded as -0250-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • The Quadrature of the Parabola's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02x301v[10].
  • The Quadrature of the Parabola's main subject is recorded as parabola[11].
  • The Quadrature of the Parabola's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Quadrature-of-the-Parabola[12].
  • The Quadrature of the Parabola's addressee is recorded as Dositheus[13].
  • The Quadrature of the Parabola's copyright status is recorded as public domain[14].
  • The Quadrature of the Parabola's copyright status is recorded as public domain[15].
  • The Quadrature of the Parabola's ProofWiki ID is recorded as Book:Archimedes/On_the_Quadrature_of_the_Parabola[16].

Why It Matters

The Quadrature of the Parabola ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (88 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · Pmartinolli · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → literary work, open letter
    Instance of → —
    Addressee → Dositheus
    Publication date → -0250-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P7137]]: [[Q8747]]"
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