New games! PlayTrivia andBirthle.

MATHEMATICIAN

Zu Chongzhi

429 - 500

Photo of Zu Chongzhi

Icon of person Zu Chongzhi

Zu Chongzhi (Chinese: 祖沖之; 429–500 AD), 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 225,170 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Zu Chongzhi is the 167th most popular mathematician (down from 152nd in 2019), the 287th most popular biography from China (down from 262nd in 2019) and the 3rd 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Zu Chongzhis by language


Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Zu Chongzhi ranks 167 out of 823. Before him are Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Mary Jackson, Rafael Bombelli, Jost Bürgi, Jean Gaston Darboux, and Wacław Sierpiński. After him are Colin Maclaurin, Conon of Samos, André Weil, Wang Chong, René Thom, and Pierre Bouguer.

Most Popular Mathematicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 429, Zu Chongzhi ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 500, Zu Chongzhi ranks 4. Before him are Vātsyāyana, Chandragupta II, and Nonnus. After him are Buddhaghosa, Charaton, Hesychius of Alexandria, Rutilius Claudius Namatianus, Anthemius, Asclepigenia, Faustus of Byzantium, and Aedesia.

Others Born in 429

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 500

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In China

Among people born in China, Zu Chongzhi ranks 287 out of 1,392. Before him are Chen Duxiu (1879), Sima Guang (1019), Ban Zhao (45), Emperor Zhang of Han (57), Meng Huo (101), and Ei-ichi Negishi (1935). After him are Ai Weiwei (1957), Xun Yu (163), Zhu Rongji (1928), Li Yuanhong (1864), Wang Chong (27), and Cai Yan (177).

Others born in China

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among MATHEMATICIANS In China

Among mathematicians born in China, Zu Chongzhi ranks 3. Before him are Zhang Heng (78) and Liu Hui (225). After him are Wang Chong (27), Xu Guangqi (1562), Liu Xin (-50), Shiing-Shen Chern (1911), Guo Shoujing (1231), Yi Xing (683), Shing-Tung Yau (1949), Yang Hui (1238), and Zhu Shijie (1249).

Chinese born Mathematicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous
  • DatawheelCL