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Johannes Widmann

1460 - 1505

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Johannes Widmann (c. 1460 – after 1498) was a German mathematician. The + and - symbols first appeared in print in his book Mercantile Arithmetic or Behende und hüpsche Rechenung auff allen Kauffmanschafft published in Leipzig in 1489 in reference to surpluses and deficits in business problems. Born in Eger, Bohemia, Widmann attended the University of Leipzig in the 1480s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johannes Widmann is the 351st most popular mathematician (down from 314th in 2019), the 251st most popular biography from Czechia (down from 246th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Czech Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Johannes Widmann ranks 351 out of 1,004. Before him are Viggo Brun, Klára Dán von Neumann, Viktor Bunyakovsky, Giambattista Benedetti, Gaston Julia, and Andreas Osiander. After him are Kiyosi Itô, Abraham bar Hiyya, Liu Xin, Caspar Wessel, Al-Sijzi, and Paul Neményi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1460, Johannes Widmann ranks 19. Before him are Geertgen tot Sint Jans, Andrea Solari, João da Nova, Pierre de la Rue, Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Konstanty Ostrogski. After him are Rodrigo de Bastidas, John Skelton, Georges d'Amboise, Svante Nilsson, Duarte Pacheco Pereira, and Pedro Navarro, Count of Oliveto. Among people deceased in 1505, Johannes Widmann ranks 11. Before him are Jacob Obrecht, Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Elizabeth of Austria, Heinrich Kramer, Ascanio Sforza, and Gülbahar Hatun. After him are Jean Hey, Constantine II of Georgia, and João Fernandes Lavrador.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Johannes Widmann ranks 251 out of 1,200. Before him are Silvia Saint (1976), Vladimír Menšík (1929), Franz Xaver Richter (1709), Erwin Schulhoff (1894), Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal (1854), and Petr Ginz (1928). After him are Vilém Mathesius (1882), Antonín Mrkos (1918), Soběslav I, Duke of Bohemia (1075), Jan Fischer (1951), Karel Svoboda (1938), and Margrave Andrew of Burgau (1558).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Czechia

Among mathematicians born in Czechia, Johannes Widmann ranks 3. Before him are Kurt Gödel (1906), and Leo Perutz (1882). After him are Johann Radon (1887), Eduard Čech (1893), and Olga Taussky-Todd (1906).

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