60 - 120
Nicomachus of Gerasa (Greek: Νικόμαχος; c. 60 – c. 120 AD) was an Ancient Greek Neopythagorean philosopher from Gerasa, in the Roman province of Syria (now Jerash, Jordan). Like many Pythagoreans, Nicomachus wrote about the mystical properties of numbers, best known for his works Introduction to Arithmetic and Manual of Harmonics, which are an important resource on Ancient Greek mathematics and Ancient Greek music in the Roman period. Nicomachus' work on arithmetic became a standard text for Neoplatonic education in Late antiquity, with philosophers such as Iamblichus and John Philoponus writing commentaries on it. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicomachus has received more than 202,039 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Nicomachus is the 153rd most popular mathematician (up from 178th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Jordan (up from 9th in 2019) and the most popular Jordanian Mathematician.
Nicomachus was a student of Aristotle and a teacher of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius. Nicomachus is most famous for writing "The Handbook of Nicomachus," which is a book about the Pythagorean theorem.
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Among mathematicians, Nicomachus ranks 153 out of 823. Before him are Stanislaw Ulam, Aleksandr Lyapunov, Jakob Steiner, Victor D'Hondt, James Gregory, and Harald Bohr. After him are Hermann Grassmann, Zoia Ceaușescu, Gabriel Lamé, Paul Ehrenfest, Ernst Zermelo, and Hermann of Reichenau.
1909 - 1984
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 147
1857 - 1918
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 148
1796 - 1863
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 149
1841 - 1902
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 150
1638 - 1675
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 151
1887 - 1951
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 152
60 - 120
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 153
1809 - 1877
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 154
1949 - 2006
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 155
1795 - 1870
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 156
1880 - 1933
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 157
1871 - 1953
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 158
1013 - 1054
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 159
Among people born in 60, Nicomachus ranks 1. After him is Gaius Octavius Tidius Tossianus Lucius Javolenus Priscus. Among people deceased in 120, Nicomachus ranks 3. Before him are Tacitus and Dio Chrysostom. After him is Gaius Octavius Tidius Tossianus Lucius Javolenus Priscus.
60 - 120
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 1
60 - 120
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 2
54 - 120
HPI: 78.34
Rank: 1
40 - 120
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 2
60 - 120
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 3
60 - 120
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 4
Among people born in Jordan, Nicomachus ranks 8 out of 44. Before him are Hussein of Jordan (1935), Al-Mansur (714), As-Saffah (722), Al-Mahdi (744), Menippus (-290), and Abdullah II of Jordan (1962). After him are Philodemus (-110), Balak (null), Simon bar Giora (100), Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (1966), Jair (-1000), and Meleager of Gadara (-130).
1935 - 1999
HPI: 71.19
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714 - 775
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 3
722 - 754
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 4
744 - 785
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 5
290 BC - 260 BC
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 6
1962 - Present
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 7
60 - 120
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 8
110 BC - 35 BC
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 9
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 10
100 - 70
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 11
1966 - 2006
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 12
1000 BC - Present
HPI: 56.61
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130 BC - 60 BC
HPI: 56.22
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Among mathematicians born in Jordan, Nicomachus ranks 1.