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MATHEMATICIAN

Hypsicles

190 BC - 120 BC

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Hypsicles (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 59,779 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Hypsicles is the 465th most popular mathematician (up from 505th in 2019).

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.72

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Hypsicles ranks 465 out of 823Before him are Pierre Fatou, Roger Cotes, Maryam Mirzakhani, Whitfield Diffie, Adam Ries, and Mitchell Feigenbaum. After him are Grégoire de Saint-Vincent, Agner Krarup Erlang, Anders Johan Lexell, Sergei Natanovich Bernstein, Pavel Urysohn, and Stanisław Leśniewski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 190 BC, Hypsicles ranks 10Before him are Seleucus of Seleucia, Servius Sulpicius Galba, Alexander II Zabinas, Julia, Phraates I, and Orodes I of Parthia.  Among people deceased in 120 BC, Hypsicles ranks 3Before him are Hipparchus and Mithridates V of Pontus. After him is Lucius Coelius Antipater.

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