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Ahmes

1680 BC - 1620 BC

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Ahmes (Ancient Egyptian: jꜥḥ-ms “, a common Egyptian name also transliterated Ahmose) was an ancient Egyptian scribe who lived towards the end of the Fifteenth Dynasty (and of the Second Intermediate Period) and the beginning of the Eighteenth Dynasty (and of the New Kingdom). He transcribed the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus, a work of ancient Egyptian mathematics that dates to approximately 1550 BC; he is the earliest contributor to mathematics whose name is known. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ahmes has received more than 112,156 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Ahmes is the 178th most popular mathematician (up from 5,452nd in 2019), the 192nd most popular biography from Egypt (up from 238th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Egyptian Mathematician.

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  • 24

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  • 10.03

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Ahmes ranks 178 out of 823. Before him are René Thom, Pierre Bouguer, Vito Volterra, George Pólya, Mikhail Ostrogradsky, and Ernst Kummer. After him are Michael Atiyah, Jean-Pierre Serre, Camille Jordan, Maria Reiche, Étienne-Louis Malus, and Theaetetus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1680 BC, Ahmes ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 1620 BC, Ahmes ranks 2. Before him is Ḫattušili I.

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    Ahmes

    1680 BC - 1620 BC

    HPI: 60.42

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Ahmes ranks 192 out of 582. Before him are Cosmas Indicopleustes (600), Al-Ashraf Khalil (1260), Thamphthis (-2600), Al-Adid (1149), Pentawer (-1173), and Senakhtenre Ahmose (-1600). After him are Merit-Ptah (-2700), Ahmed Zewail (1946), Intef III (-2050), Mary the Jewess (100), Basilides (117), and Amenhotep, son of Hapu (-1420).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Egypt

Among mathematicians born in Egypt, Ahmes ranks 9. Before him are Diophantus (201), Hero of Alexandria (10), Ctesibius (-284), Pappus of Alexandria (290), Theon of Alexandria (335), and Menelaus of Alexandria (70). After him are Ibn Yunus (950) and Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam (850).

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