MATHEMATICIAN

Liu Hui

225 - 295

Liu Hui

Liu Hui (fl. 3rd century CE) was a Chinese mathematician who published a commentary in 263 CE on Jiu Zhang Suan Shu (The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art). He was a descendant of the Marquis of Zixiang of the Eastern Han dynasty and lived in the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period (220–280 CE) of China. His major contributions as recorded in his commentary on The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art include a proof of the Pythagorean theorem, theorems in solid geometry, an improvement on Archimedes's approximation of π, and a systematic method of solving linear equations in several unknowns. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Liu Hui has received more than 224,150 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Liu Hui is the 128th most popular mathematician (up from 134th in 2019), the 237th most popular biography from China (down from 234th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Chinese Mathematician.

Liu Hui is most famous for his book "Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art".

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Liu Hui ranks 128 out of 1,004. Before him are Christopher Clavius, Zu Chongzhi, Hermann Weyl, Herbert A. Hauptman, Marian Rejewski, and Ferdinand von Lindemann. After him are Étienne Bézout, Colin Maclaurin, Hermann of Reichenau, Lodovico Ferrari, Jacques Hadamard, and Aloysius Lilius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 225, Liu Hui ranks 3. Before him are Saint Lawrence, and Gordian III. After him are Zhong Hui, Lady Triệu, and Tranquillina. Among people deceased in 295, Liu Hui ranks 1. After him are Saint Susanna, and Maximilian of Tebessa.