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When was ptolemy's star catalogue in ‘Almagest’ compiled in reality? Statistical analysis

When was ptolemy's star catalogue in ‘Almagest’ compiled in reality? Statistical analysis This work is devoted to describing new statistical and geometrical procedures for dating ancient star catalogues considering numerical data contained in these catalogues and the known real configurations of stars on the celestial sphere. The method was tested on several star catalogues whose dates are well known (Tycho Brahe, etc.) and on several artificially generated star catalogues. Then the same method was applied to the Almagest. The results obtained do not confirm the traditional dating of the Almagest (2nd century AD or 2nd century BC) but shift its dating to the Arabian epoch: 600–1300 AD. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acta Applicandae Mathematicae Springer Journals

When was ptolemy's star catalogue in ‘Almagest’ compiled in reality? Statistical analysis

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Springer Journals
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Subject
Mathematics; Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis; Applications of Mathematics; Partial Differential Equations; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes; Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control; Optimization
ISSN
0167-8019
eISSN
1572-9036
DOI
10.1007/BF00047071
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Abstract

This work is devoted to describing new statistical and geometrical procedures for dating ancient star catalogues considering numerical data contained in these catalogues and the known real configurations of stars on the celestial sphere. The method was tested on several star catalogues whose dates are well known (Tycho Brahe, etc.) and on several artificially generated star catalogues. Then the same method was applied to the Almagest. The results obtained do not confirm the traditional dating of the Almagest (2nd century AD or 2nd century BC) but shift its dating to the Arabian epoch: 600–1300 AD.

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Acta Applicandae MathematicaeSpringer Journals

Published: May 1, 2004

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