MATHEMATICIAN

Nicomachus

60 - 120

Nicomachus

Nicomachus of Gerasa (Greek: Νικόμαχος; c. 60 – c. 120 AD) was an important ancient mathematician and music theorist, best known for his works Introduction to Arithmetic and Manual of Harmonics in Greek. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicomachus has received more than 141,988 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Nicomachus is the 178th most popular mathematician (down from 166th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Jordan (down from 7th 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 178 out of 828. Before him are Colin Maclaurin, Rafael Bombelli, André Weil, Jean-Pierre Serre, René Thom, and Vladimir Arnold. After him are Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi, Antoine Augustin Cournot, Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, Jean Gaston Darboux, Richard von Mises, and Laurent Schwartz.

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Nicomachus
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Rank: 178
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Contemporaries

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.

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Nicomachus
60 - 120
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 1
Gaius Octavius Tidius Tossianus Lucius Javolenus Priscus
60 - 120
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 2

Others Deceased in 120

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Tacitus
54 - 120
HPI: 84.01
Rank: 1
Dio Chrysostom
40 - 120
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 2
Nicomachus
60 - 120
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 3
Gaius Octavius Tidius Tossianus Lucius Javolenus Priscus
60 - 120
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 4