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Zu Chongzhi

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Zu Chongzhi (Chinese: 祖沖之; 429 – 500), courtesy name Wenyuan (Chinese: 文遠), was a Chinese astronomer, inventor, mathematician, politician, and writer during the Liu Song and Southern Qi dynasties. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zu Chongzhi has received more than 244,878 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Zu Chongzhi is the 123rd most popular mathematician (up from 167th in 2019), the 227th most popular biography from China (up from 286th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Chinese Mathematician.

Zu Chongzhi is most famous for his contributions to mathematics. He was one of the first mathematicians to use negative numbers, and he worked on a system of equations that could be solved by both addition and subtraction.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Zu Chongzhi ranks 123 out of 1,004. Before him are Theon of Alexandria, Leonid Kantorovich, Josef Stefan, Nicomachus, Alexis Clairaut, and Christopher Clavius. After him are Hermann Weyl, Herbert A. Hauptman, Marian Rejewski, Ferdinand von Lindemann, Liu Hui, and Étienne Bézout.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 429, Zu Chongzhi ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 500, Zu Chongzhi ranks 2. Before him is Nonnus. After him are Vātsyāyana, Chandragupta II, Buddhaghosa, Hesychius of Alexandria, Rutilius Claudius Namatianus, Hierocles of Alexandria, Faustus of Byzantium, Charaton, Asclepigenia, and Aedesia.

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In China

Among people born in China, Zu Chongzhi ranks 227 out of 1,610. Before him are Guan Zhong (-720), Tao Yuanming (365), Jin Yong (1924), Wei Yan (200), 3rd Dalai Lama (1543), and Zhang Xueliang (1901). After him are Wong Kar-wai (1958), Emperor Ming of Han (28), Bi Sheng (990), Kanishka (78), Ban Gu (32), and Wang Xizhi (303).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In China

Among mathematicians born in China, Zu Chongzhi ranks 2. Before him are Zhang Heng (78). After him are Liu Hui (225), Wang Chong (27), Xu Guangqi (1562), Guo Shoujing (1231), Shing-Tung Yau (1949), Yi Xing (683), Liu Xin (-50), Shiing-Shen Chern (1911), Zhu Shijie (1249), and Qin Jiushao (1201).

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