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MATHEMATICIAN

Adriaan van Roomen

1561 - 1615

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Adriaan van Roomen (29 September 1561 – 4 May 1615), also known as Adrianus Romanus, was a mathematician, professor of medicine and medical astrologer from the Duchy of Brabant in the Habsburg Netherlands who was active throughout Central Europe in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. As a mathematician he worked in algebra, trigonometry and geometry; and on the decimal expansion of pi. He solved the Problem of Apollonius using a new method that involved intersecting hyperbolas. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adriaan van Roomen has received more than 31,074 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Adriaan van Roomen is the 417th most popular mathematician (down from 387th in 2019), the 356th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 328th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Belgian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Adriaan van Roomen ranks 417 out of 823. Before him are Simon Antoine Jean L'Huilier, Heisuke Hironaka, Ernest William Brown, Diocles, Luigi Cremona, and Viggo Brun. After him are John Vitéz, Karl Mollweide, Lars Hörmander, Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, Goro Shimura, and Otto Hölder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1561, Adriaan van Roomen ranks 11. Before him are Katō Kiyomasa, Henry Briggs, Anna Maria of the Palatinate, Ii Naomasa, John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen, and Thomas Fincke. After him are Mary Sidney and Philippe van Lansberge. Among people deceased in 1615, Adriaan van Roomen ranks 14. Before him are Virginia de' Medici, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, Claudio Acquaviva, Pieter Both, and Marcantonio Memmo. After him is Melchior Vulpius.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Adriaan van Roomen ranks 356 out of 1,019. Before him are Yves Leterme (1960), Henri Debehogne (1928), Edgar P. Jacobs (1904), J.-H. Rosny aîné (1856), Alexander De Croo (1975), and Maria of Brabant, Holy Roman Empress (1190). After him are Yolande Moreau (1953), Freddy Maertens (1952), Odile Defraye (1888), Camille Huysmans (1871), Heinrich von Veldeke (1150), and Joachim Beuckelaer (1533).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Belgium

Among mathematicians born in Belgium, Adriaan van Roomen ranks 6. Before him are Simon Stevin (1548), Victor D'Hondt (1841), Eugène Charles Catalan (1814), Pierre Deligne (1944), and Jacques Tits (1930). After him are Pierre François Verhulst (1804), Grégoire de Saint-Vincent (1584), Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin (1866), David Ruelle (1935), Elias M. Stein (1931), and Jean Bourgain (1954).

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