MATHEMATICIAN

Yang Hui

1238 - 1298

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Yang Hui (simplified Chinese: 杨辉; traditional Chinese: 楊輝; pinyin: Yáng Huī, ca. 1238–1298), courtesy name Qianguang (謙光), was a Chinese mathematician and writer during the Song dynasty. Originally, from Qiantang (modern Hangzhou, Zhejiang), Yang worked on magic squares, magic circles and the binomial theorem, and is best known for his contribution of presenting Yang Hui's Triangle. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yang Hui has received more than 132,395 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Yang Hui is the 453rd most popular mathematician (down from 370th in 2019), the 714th most popular biography from China (down from 605th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Chinese Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Yang Hui ranks 453 out of 1,004. Before her are Giovanni Antonio Magini, Sergei Natanovich Bernstein, Oscar Zariski, Yves Meyer, Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, and Francesco Maurolico. After her are William Thurston, Richard E. Bellman, Edmund Gunter, Yuri Manin, Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, and William Kingdon Clifford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1238, Yang Hui ranks 7. Before her are Magnus VI of Norway, Meinhard, Duke of Carinthia, Michael II Asen, Nizamuddin Auliya, Otto IV, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal, and Mangrai.  Among people deceased in 1298, Yang Hui ranks 10. Before her are Mechtilde, Yolanda of Poland, Smilets of Bulgaria, Albert II, Duke of Saxony, Otto V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel, and Peter John Olivi. After her is Thoros III, King of Armenia.

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In China

Among people born in China, Yang Hui ranks 714 out of 1,610. Before her are Cheung Po Tsai (1783), Chen Boda (1904), Deng Sui (81), Ng Man-tat (1952), Guan Daosheng (1262), and Song Yu (-298). After her are Han Suyin (1917), David Chiang (1947), Huang Gongwang (1269), François Cheng (1929), Feng Youlan (1895), and Zhang Qun (1889).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In China

Among mathematicians born in China, Yang Hui ranks 13. Before her are Shing-Tung Yau (1949), Yi Xing (683), Liu Xin (-50), Shiing-Shen Chern (1911), Zhu Shijie (1249), and Qin Jiushao (1201). After her are Dai Zhen (1724), Chen Jingrun (1933), Wu Wenjun (1919), Yitang Zhang (1955), Gu Chaohao (1926), and Hua Luogeng (1910).

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