MATHEMATICIAN

Hypsicles

190 BC - 120 BC

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Hypsicles (Ancient Greek: Ὑψικλῆς; c. 190 – c. 120 BCE) was an ancient Greek mathematician and astronomer known for authoring On Ascensions (Ἀναφορικός) and possibly the Book XIV of Euclid's Elements. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hypsicles has received more than 65,118 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Hypsicles is the 377th most popular mathematician (up from 464th in 2019), the 347th most popular biography from Egypt and the 12th most popular Egyptian Mathematician.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Hypsicles ranks 377 out of 1,004. Before him are Caspar Wessel, Plato Tiburtinus, Yakov Sinai, Edward Kasner, Philipp Frank, and Felix Bernstein. After him are Sam Loyd, Viggo Brun, Philipp Ludwig von Seidel, Rudolf E. Kálmán, William Sealy Gosset, and William Jones.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 190 BC, Hypsicles ranks 9. Before him are Lucius Mummius Achaicus, Alexander II Zabinas, Servius Sulpicius Galba, Seleucus of Seleucia, Julia, and Phraates I. After him is Orodes I of Parthia. Among people deceased in 120 BC, Hypsicles ranks 3. Before him are Hipparchus, and Mithridates V of Pontus. After him is Lucius Coelius Antipater.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Hypsicles ranks 347 out of 642. Before him are Timocharis (-320), Mariamne (-100), Ahmad al-Tayyeb (1946), Neferkaure (-2150), Albert Cossery (1913), and Nebettawy (-1250). After him are Antipope Dioscorus (500), Moshé Mizrahi (1931), Sotion (-250), Didymus Chalcenterus (-63), Ahmed Nazif (1952), and Shawar (1100).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Egypt

Among mathematicians born in Egypt, Hypsicles ranks 12. Before him are Ctesibius (-284), Theon of Alexandria (335), Menelaus of Alexandria (70), Ibn Yunus (950), Ahmes (-1680), and Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam (850).

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