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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 123,368 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Yang Hui is the 370th most popular mathematician (down from 326th in 2019), the 606th most popular biography from China (down from 529th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Chinese Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Yang Hui ranks 370 out of 823. Before her are Philippe de La Hire, Emil Leon Post, Al-Ḥajjāj ibn Yūsuf ibn Maṭar, Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach, Jim Simons, and David Cox. After her are Gemma Frisius, Raymond Smullyan, Zhu Shijie, László Lovász, Otto Hesse, and Bartel Leendert van der Waerden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1238, Yang Hui ranks 6. Before her are Magnus VI of Norway, Meinhard, Duke of Carinthia, Otto IV, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal, Michael II Asen, and Nizamuddin Auliya.  Among people deceased in 1298, Yang Hui ranks 10. Before her are Yolanda of Poland, Ram Khamhaeng, Smilets of Bulgaria, Peter John Olivi, Albert II, Duke of Saxony, and Otto V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel. After her is Thoros III, King of Armenia.

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In China

Among people born in China, Yang Hui ranks 606 out of 1,392. Before her are Liu Zhiyuan (895), Muqi (1210), Peng Zhen (1902), Jia Yi (-200), Li Kui (-500), and Han Suyin (1917). After her are Eric Liddell (1902), Zhu Shijie (1249), Gan Ji (101), Cheng Hao (1032), Charlie Soong (1861), and Liu Bocheng (1892).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In China

Among mathematicians born in China, Yang Hui ranks 11. Before her are Xu Guangqi (1562), Liu Xin (-50), Shiing-Shen Chern (1911), Guo Shoujing (1231), Yi Xing (683), and Shing-Tung Yau (1949). After her are Zhu Shijie (1249), Qin Jiushao (1201), Chen Jingrun (1933), Dai Zhen (1724), Yitang Zhang (1955), and Wu Wenjun (1919).

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