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Nicomachus

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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

Among mathematicians, Nicomachus ranks 153 out of 823Before 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.

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Among people born in 60, Nicomachus ranks 1After him is Gaius Octavius Tidius Tossianus Lucius Javolenus Priscus. Among people deceased in 120, Nicomachus ranks 3Before him are Tacitus and Dio Chrysostom. After him is Gaius Octavius Tidius Tossianus Lucius Javolenus Priscus.

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In Jordan

Among people born in Jordan, Nicomachus ranks 8 out of 44Before 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).

Among MATHEMATICIANS In Jordan

Among mathematicians born in Jordan, Nicomachus ranks 1