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Theaetetus

417 BC - 369 BC

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Theaetetus of Athens (; Ancient Greek: Θεαίτητος Theaítētos; c. 417 – c. 369 BCE), possibly the son of Euphronius of the Athenian deme Sunium, was a Greek mathematician. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Theaetetus has received more than 13,716 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Theaetetus is the 194th most popular mathematician (down from 184th in 2019), the 276th most popular biography from Greece (down from 266th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Greek Mathematician.

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  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Theaetetus ranks 194 out of 1,004. Before him are Georg von Peuerbach, Jean Gaston Darboux, Hermann Grassmann, Abu Nasr Mansur, Jakob Steiner, and Gabriel Lamé. After him are Abu Zayd al-Balkhi, Al-Khazini, Giovanni Ceva, Al-Karaji, Laurent Schwartz, and Pedro Nunes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 417 BC, Theaetetus ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 369 BC, Theaetetus ranks 1. After him is King Lie of Zhou.

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    Theaetetus

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    417 BC - 369 BC

    HPI: 60.41

    Rank: 1

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Theaetetus ranks 276 out of 1,024. Before him are Agis II (-490), Ugo Foscolo (1778), Alexandros Papagos (1883), Cyril Lucaris (1572), Euphronios (-520), and Cylon of Athens (-700). After him are Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark (1870), Callias II (-515), Phocion (-402), Arsinoe I (-305), Antiochus X Eusebes (-200), and Aristo of Chios (-300).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Greece

Among mathematicians born in Greece, Theaetetus ranks 4. Before him are Hippocrates of Chios (-470), Meton of Athens (-500), and Conon of Samos (-280). After him are Aristyllus (-400), Diocles (-240), Dinostratus (-390), Geminus (null), Cahit Arf (1910), Francesco Barozzi (1537), and Demetrios Christodoulou (1951).

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