MATHEMATICIAN

Archytas

428 BC - 347 BC

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Archytas (; Greek: Ἀρχύτας; 435/410–360/350 BC) was an Ancient Greek mathematician, music theorist, statesman, and strategist from the ancient city of Taras (Tarentum) in Southern Italy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Archytas has received more than 318,061 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Archytas is the 46th most popular mathematician (down from 41st in 2019), the 377th most popular biography from Italy (down from 300th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Italian Mathematician.

Archytas is most famous for his invention of the screw.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Archytas ranks 46 out of 1,004Before him are Pope Sylvester II, Gottlob Frege, George Boole, Charles Sanders Peirce, Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia, and Maria Gaetana Agnesi. After him are Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, Sofia Kovalevskaya, Eudoxus of Cnidus, Brahmagupta, Sophie Germain, and Karl Weierstrass.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 428 BC, Archytas ranks 1 Among people deceased in 347 BC, Archytas ranks 2Before him is Plato.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Archytas ranks 377 out of 5,161Before him are Pope Julius I (300), Gordian III (225), Pope Celestine IV (1200), Guido Reni (1575), Antipope John XXIII (1370), and Vitus (290). After him are Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625), Pope Sixtus III (390), Alberto Moravia (1907), Pope Leo IV (790), Marcus Terentius Varro (-116), and Nero Claudius Drusus (-38).

Among MATHEMATICIANS In Italy

Among mathematicians born in Italy, Archytas ranks 8Before him are Fibonacci (1170), Luca Pacioli (1445), Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1736), Gerolamo Cardano (1501), Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia (1499), and Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718). After him are Philolaus (-470), Giuseppe Peano (1858), Bonaventura Cavalieri (1598), Lodovico Ferrari (1522), Aloysius Lilius (1510), and Vincenzo Viviani (1622).