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Dinostratus

390 BC - 320 BC

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Dinostratus (Greek: Δεινόστρατος; c. 390 – c. 320 BCE) was a Greek mathematician and geometer, and the brother of Menaechmus. He is known for using the quadratrix to solve the problem of squaring the circle. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dinostratus is the 635th most popular mathematician (down from 427th in 2019), the 651st most popular biography from Greece (down from 498th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Greek Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Dinostratus ranks 635 out of 1,004. Before him are Dmitri Egorov, Jakob Hermann, Jean Frédéric Frenet, Alfréd Haar, Al-Qalqashandi, and Douglas Hartree. After him are Polyaenus of Lampsacus, François d'Aguilon, Cahit Arf, Luigi Bianchi, Ludwig Bieberbach, and John Playfair.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 390 BC, Dinostratus ranks 15. Before him are Peucestas, Tiberius Coruncanius, Manius Curius Dentatus, Jaimini, Pamphilus, and Coenus.  Among people deceased in 320 BC, Dinostratus ranks 5. Before him are Theopompus, Anaxarchus, Zoilus, and Anaximenes of Lampsacus.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Dinostratus ranks 651 out of 1,024. Before him are Panagiotis Kanellopoulos (1902), Konstantinos Tsiklitiras (1888), Stylianos Gonatas (1876), Angelos Charisteas (1980), Nikos Beloyannis (1915), and Antiphanes (-388). After him are Ioannis Malokinis (1880), Cahit Arf (1910), Labotas (null), Erigyius (-400), Petrobey Mavromichalis (1765), and Gina Bachauer (1913).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Greece

Among mathematicians born in Greece, Dinostratus ranks 9. Before him are Conon of Samos (-280), Theaetetus (-417), Aristyllus (-400), Diocles (-240), Geminus (null), and Francesco Barozzi (1537). After him are Cahit Arf (1910), and Demetrios Christodoulou (1951).

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