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Diocles

240 BC - 180 BC

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Diocles (Greek: Διοκλῆς; c. 240 BC – c. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Diocles has received more than 46,857 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Diocles is the 414th most popular mathematician (down from 409th in 2019), the 500th most popular biography from Greece (down from 488th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Greek Mathematician.

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Diocles ranks 414 out of 823. Before him are Yakov Sinai, Stephen Cole Kleene, Richard E. Bellman, Simon Antoine Jean L'Huilier, Heisuke Hironaka, and Ernest William Brown. After him are Luigi Cremona, Viggo Brun, Adriaan van Roomen, John Vitéz, Karl Mollweide, and Lars Hörmander.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 240 BC, Diocles ranks 2. Before him is Diogenes of Babylon. After him is Lucius Valerius Flaccus. Among people deceased in 180 BC, Diocles ranks 6. Before him are Ptolemy V Epiphanes, Empress Lü, Aristophanes of Byzantium, Emperor Houshao of Han, and Brihadratha Maurya. After him are Demetrius I of Bactria and Lucius Valerius Flaccus.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Diocles ranks 500 out of 936. Before him are Menedemus (-340), Philitas of Cos (-400), Phrynichus (-535), Nikolaos Andriakopoulos (1878), Cephisodotus the Younger (-400), and Philinna (-400). After him are Anyte of Tegea (-290), Archelaus of Sparta (-790), Eudamidas III (-300), Archidamus I (-600), Isidore of Kiev (1385), and Theagenes of Megara (-700).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Greece

Among mathematicians born in Greece, Diocles ranks 7. Before him are Hippocrates of Chios (-470), Meton of Athens (-500), Conon of Samos (-280), Theaetetus (-417), Menaechmus (-375), and Aristyllus (-400). After him are Dinostratus (-390), Geminus (null), Cahit Arf (1910), and Demetrios Christodoulou (1951).

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