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= Menelaus of Alexandria
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Menelaus of Alexandria was a Greek mathematician and astronomer who lived during the 1st century AD. He is best known for his work in geometry and spherical astronomy. One of his most significant contributions is the formulation of Menelaus' theorem, which relates to the geometry of triangles and is particularly important in the study of spherical triangles.