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History of Math Zeno of Elea         Zeno of Elea is a Greek mathematician. He would, however, be better described as a philosopher. Little is known about his life for none of his own writings have survived. Most of what is known about him comes from the writings of Aristotle. Zeno is said to have lived during the fifth century BC in the Greek town of Elea in southern Italy. Zeno is important to the study …

…world was a set of paradoxes mostly arguing against plurality. Some other paradoxes deal with motion. Zeno argued that motion is impossible because time and space can be divided infinitely. Due to refutation of his paradoxes, Zeno can also be credited with bringing into existence the standard by which all of the mathematical world operates. BIBLIOGRAPHY Boyer, Carl B. "Zeno of Elea." Collier's Encyclopedia. 1995. Salmon, Wesley C. ed. Zeno's Paradoxes. New York: Bobbs-Merril Co. Inc., 1970.