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Apollonius of Perga

262 BC - 190 BC

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Apollonius of Perga (Ancient Greek: Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ Περγαῖος Apollṓnios ho Pergaîos; c. 240 BC – c. 190 BC) was an ancient Greek geometer and astronomer known for his work on conic sections. Beginning from the earlier contributions of Euclid and Archimedes on the topic, he brought them to the state prior to the invention of analytic geometry. His definitions of the terms ellipse, parabola, and hyperbola are the ones in use today. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Apollonius of Perga has received more than 594,452 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 63 in 2019). Apollonius of Perga is the 28th most popular mathematician (up from 40th in 2019), the 56th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 94th in 2019) and the most popular Turkish Mathematician.

Apollonius of Perga is most famous for his work on conic sections. He is also credited with inventing the terms "parabola," "ellipse," and "hyperbola."

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Apollonius of Perga ranks 28 out of 1,004. Before him are Jean le Rond d'Alembert, Luca Pacioli, John von Neumann, Joseph-Louis Lagrange, John Forbes Nash Jr., and Évariste Galois. After him are John Napier, François Viète, Diophantus, Gerolamo Cardano, Georg Cantor, and Ada Lovelace.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 262 BC, Apollonius of Perga ranks 1. After him is Areus II. Among people deceased in 190 BC, Apollonius of Perga ranks 1. 

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Apollonius of Perga ranks 56 out of 1,347. Before him are Mehmed V (1844), Margaret the Virgin (292), Constantine XI Palaiologos (1404), Mustafa II (1664), Gregory of Nazianzus (329), and Julian (331). After him are Abdulmejid I (1823), Aspasia (-470), Hatice Sultan (1496), Abdul Hamid I (1725), Selim III (1761), and Ibn Taymiyyah (1263).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Türkiye

Among mathematicians born in Türkiye, Apollonius of Perga ranks 1. After him are Eudoxus of Cnidus (-408), Al-Battani (858), Thābit ibn Qurra (836), Simplicius of Cilicia (490), Menaechmus (-375), Autolycus of Pitane (-360), Callippus (-370), Theon of Smyrna (70), Theodosius of Bithynia (-160), and Suzan Kahramaner (1913).

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