Spherics (sometimes spelled sphaericsorsphaerica) is a term used in the history of mathematics for historical works on spherical geometry,[1][2] exemplified by the Spherics (Ancient Greek: τὰ σφαιρικά tá sphairiká), a treatise by the Hellenistic mathematician Theodosius (2nd or early 1st century BC),[3] and another treatise of the same title by Menelaus of Alexandria (c. 100 AD).[4]
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