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Eudoxus of Cnidus

408 BC - 355 BC

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Eudoxus of Cnidus (; Ancient Greek: Εὔδοξος ὁ Κνίδιος, Eúdoxos ho Knídios; c. 390 – c. 340 BC) was an ancient Greek astronomer, mathematician, doctor, and lawmaker. He was a student of Archytas and Plato. All of his original works are lost, though some fragments are preserved in Hipparchus' Commentaries on the Phenomena of Aratus and Eudoxus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eudoxus of Cnidus has received more than 559,837 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Eudoxus of Cnidus is the 49th most popular mathematician (down from 45th in 2019), the 110th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 116th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Mathematician.

Eudoxus of Cnidus is most famous for his work on the geometry of spheres.

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  • 62

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.30

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Over the past year Eudoxus of Cnidus has had the most page views in the with 70,042 views, followed by Spanish (22,514), and Russian (9,761). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Pashto (685.71%), Catalan (165.44%), and Malagasy (90.25%)

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Eudoxus of Cnidus ranks 49 out of 1,004. Before him are Charles Sanders Peirce, Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia, Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Archytas, Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, and Sofia Kovalevskaya. After him are Brahmagupta, Sophie Germain, Karl Weierstrass, Philolaus, Marin Mersenne, and Norbert Wiener.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 408 BC, Eudoxus of Cnidus ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 355 BC, Eudoxus of Cnidus ranks 2. Before him is Aristippus.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Eudoxus of Cnidus ranks 110 out of 1,347. Before him are Antinous (111), Nikephoros I (760), Anna Komnene (1083), Bartholomew I of Constantinople (1940), Dionysius of Halicarnassus (-60), and Zeno (425). After him are Gregory of Nyssa (335), Abdullah Öcalan (1949), Gordian I (159), Chrysippus (-281), Basil II (958), and Constantine V (718).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Türkiye

Among mathematicians born in Türkiye, Eudoxus of Cnidus ranks 2. Before him are Apollonius of Perga (-262). After him are 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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