MATHEMATICIAN

Al-Mahani

820 - 880

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Abu-Abdullah Muhammad ibn Īsa Māhānī (ابوعبدالله محمد بن عیسی ماهانی, flourished c. 860 and died c. 880) was a Persian mathematician and astronomer born in Mahan, (in today Kermān, Iran) and active in Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al-Mahani has received more than 75,738 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Al-Mahani is the 475th most popular mathematician, the 279th most popular biography from Iran and the 12th most popular Iranian Mathematician.

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  • 59.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Al-Mahani ranks 475 out of 1,004. Before him are Raoul Bott, Daniele Barbaro, Yaʿqūb ibn Ṭāriq, James Stirling, Alfred J. Lotka, and Dennis Sullivan. After him are Federico Commandino, Adam Ries, Johann Samuel König, Lazarus Fuchs, George David Birkhoff, and Karl Mollweide.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 820, Al-Mahani ranks 8. Before him are Rastislav of Moravia, Álmos, Ibn Khordadbeh, Ashot I of Armenia, Vímara Peres, and Presian I of Bulgaria. After him are Gisela, daughter of Louis the Pious, Anandavardhana, Adalbert I, Margrave of Tuscany, Ranulf I of Aquitaine, and Rhodri the Great. Among people deceased in 880, Al-Mahani ranks 5. Before him are Carloman of Bavaria, Fatima al-Fihri, Bruno, Duke of Saxony, and Ariwara no Narihira.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Al-Mahani ranks 279 out of 631. Before him are Lady Adela (1847), Leila Pahlavi (1970), Behrouz Vossoughi (1938), Hossein Wahid Khorasani (1921), Malek Jahan Khanom (1805), and Asghar Farhadi (1972). After him are Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou (1930), Mirza Kuchik Khan (1880), Ahmad Qavam (1876), Saib Tabrizi (1592), Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi (995), and Ali-Morad Khan Zand (1779).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Iran

Among mathematicians born in Iran, Al-Mahani ranks 12. Before him are Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi (1236), Abū Sahl al-Qūhī (940), Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (1135), Maryam Mirzakhani (1977), Athir al-Din al-Abhari (1200), and Kamāl al-Dīn al-Fārisī (1265). After him are Kushyar Gilani (971), Al-Nayrizi (865), Abu Said Gorgani (850), Al-Birjandi (null), and Caucher Birkar (1978).

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