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Autolycus of Pitane

360 BC - 290 BC

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Autolycus of Pitane (Greek: Αὐτόλυκος ὁ Πιταναῖος; c. 360 – c. 290 BC) was a Greek astronomer, mathematician, and geographer. He is known today for his two surviving works On the Moving Sphere and On Risings and Settings, both about spherical geometry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Autolycus of Pitane is the 158th most popular mathematician (up from 214th in 2019), the 370th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 466th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Turkish Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Autolycus of Pitane ranks 158 out of 1,004. Before him are Marian Rejewski, Andrey Markov, Colin Maclaurin, Michel Rolle, Oliver Heaviside, and Aloysius Lilius. After him are Aleksandr Lyapunov, Peter Lax, Scipione del Ferro, Ernst Kummer, Sophus Lie, and Vito Volterra.

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Among people born in 360 BC, Autolycus of Pitane ranks 3. Before him are Callisthenes, and Aristoxenus. After him are Arses of Persia, Onesicritus, and Dionysius of Heraclea. Among people deceased in 290 BC, Autolycus of Pitane ranks 1. After him are Megasthenes, Dicaearchus, Onesicritus, and Neoptolemus II of Epirus.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Autolycus of Pitane ranks 370 out of 1,347. Before him are Thaddeus of Edessa (100), Alexios I of Trebizond (1182), Zenodotus (-330), Pharamond (370), Eutropius (320), and Fritigern (400). After him are Thrasymachus (-459), Mammes of Caesarea (259), Nicephorus Gregoras (1295), Mursili III (-1400), Seleucus III Ceraunus (-243), and Maria of Alania (1053).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Türkiye

Among mathematicians born in Türkiye, Autolycus of Pitane ranks 6. Before him are Apollonius of Perga (-262), Eudoxus of Cnidus (-408), Al-Battani (858), Thābit ibn Qurra (836), and Anthemius of Tralles (474). After him are Simplicius of Cilicia (490), Menaechmus (-375), Callippus (-370), Theon of Smyrna (70), Theodosius of Bithynia (-160), and Suzan Kahramaner (1913).

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