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Archytas

428 BC - 347 BC

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Archytas (; Greek: Ἀρχύτας; 435/410–360/350 BC) was an Ancient Greek mathematician, music theorist, statesman, and strategist from the ancient city of Taras (Tarentum) in Southern Italy. He was a scientist and philosopher affiliated with the Pythagorean school and famous for being the reputed founder of mathematical mechanics and a friend of Plato. As a Pythagorean, Archytas believed that arithmetic (logistic), rather than geometry, provided the basis for satisfactory proofs, and developed the most famous argument for the infinity of the universe in antiquity. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Archytas is the 52nd most popular mathematician (down from 46th in 2019), the 425th most popular biography from Italy (down from 377th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Italian Mathematician.

Archytas is most famous for his invention of the screw.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Archytas ranks 52 out of 1,004. Before him are Gottlob Frege, Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia, Urbain Le Verrier, Emmy Noether, George Boole, and Abraham de Moivre. After him are August Ferdinand Möbius, Josef Stefan, Sophie Germain, Friedrich Bessel, Charles Sanders Peirce, and Philolaus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 428 BC, Archytas ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 347 BC, Archytas ranks 2. Before him is Plato.

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    MATHEMATICIAN

    428 BC - 347 BC

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    427 BC - 347 BC

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    Archytas

    MATHEMATICIAN

    428 BC - 347 BC

    HPI: 75.95

    Rank: 2

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Archytas ranks 425 out of 5,161. Before him are Fabio Capello (1946), Lisa del Giocondo (1479), Lucius Caesar (-17), Claudio Ranieri (1951), Pope Pelagius II (520), and Giuliano de' Medici (1453). After him are Giorgio Napolitano (1925), Luigi Pirandello (1867), Pope Anastasius IV (1073), Camillo Golgi (1843), Pope Urban I (222), and Pope Lando (900).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Italy

Among mathematicians born in Italy, Archytas ranks 8. Before him are Fibonacci (1170), Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1736), Gerolamo Cardano (1501), Luca Pacioli (1445), Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718), and Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia (1499). After him are Philolaus (-470), Giuseppe Peano (1858), Bonaventura Cavalieri (1598), Lodovico Ferrari (1522), Vincenzo Viviani (1622), and Aloysius Lilius (1510).

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