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Kātyāyana

200 BC - 159 BC

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Kātyāyana (कात्यायन) also spelled as Katyayana (c. 3rd century BCE) was a Sanskrit grammarian, mathematician and Vedic priest who lived in ancient India. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kātyāyana is the 855th most popular mathematician (down from 646th in 2019), the 781st most popular biography from India (down from 531st in 2019) and the 14th most popular Indian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Kātyāyana ranks 855 out of 1,004. Before him are Richard Rado, Øystein Ore, Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro, Joseph Wedderburn, Solomon Marcus, and Gustav de Vries. After him are Yury Osipov, Henri Padé, Richard Taylor, Yasumasa Kanada, Richard K. Guy, and Émile Léonard Mathieu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 200 BC, Kātyāyana ranks 91. Before him are Laodice IV, Eucratides II, Shanakdakhete, Lucius Cornelius Merula, Athenaeus Mechanicus, and Antimachus I. After him are Pantaleon, Euthydemus II, and Maues. Among people deceased in 159 BC, Kātyāyana ranks 6. Before him are Terence, Eumenes II, Artaxias I, Pharnaces I of Pontus, and Sauromaces I of Iberia.

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In India

Among people born in India, Kātyāyana ranks 781 out of 1,861. Before him are Nirmal Verma (1929), Isha Koppikar (1976), Ram Vilas Paswan (1946), Manilal Gandhi (1892), K. Sivan (1957), and Charles Sturt (1795). After him are Muiz ud din Bahram (null), Zeenat Aman (1951), Aruna Irani (1946), Anna Chandy (1905), Bachendri Pal (1954), and Tanishaa Mukerji (1978).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In India

Among mathematicians born in India, Kātyāyana ranks 14. Before him are D. R. Kaprekar (1905), Jai Singh II (1688), Sulochana Gadgil (1944), Nilakantha Somayaji (1444), S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan (1940), and Harish-Chandra (1923). After him are J. H. C. Whitehead (1904), Radhanath Sikdar (1813), Bhama Srinivasan (1935), Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar (1930), Raman Parimala (1948), and Akshay Venkatesh (1981).

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