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Menaechmus

375 BC - 300 BC

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Menaechmus (Greek: Μέναιχμος, c. 380 – c. 320 BC) was an ancient Greek mathematician, geometer and philosopher born in Alopeconnesus or Prokonnesos in the Thracian Chersonese, who was known for his friendship with the renowned philosopher Plato and for his apparent discovery of conic sections and his solution to the then-long-standing problem of doubling the cube using the parabola and hyperbola. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Menaechmus is the 230th most popular mathematician (down from 184th in 2019), the 471st most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 431st in 2019) and the 8th most popular Turkish Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Menaechmus ranks 230 out of 1,004. Before him are Tullio Levi-Civita, Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam, Antoine Augustin Cournot, Pierre Varignon, Helge von Koch, and Hermann Grassmann. After him are Karen Uhlenbeck, Abu Nasr Mansur, Theaetetus, Joseph Petzval, Michael Atiyah, and Callippus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 375 BC, Menaechmus ranks 3. Before him are Chanakya, and Olympias. After him is Aristobulus of Cassandreia. Among people deceased in 300 BC, Menaechmus ranks 11. Before him are Nearchus, Aristoxenus, Wang Jian, Xanthippus of Carthage, Eudemus of Rhodes, and Hegesias of Cyrene. After him are Callippus, Aristyllus, Aristo of Chios, Gaius Duilius, Eurydice of Egypt, and Mithridates II of Pontus.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Menaechmus ranks 471 out of 1,347. Before him are Diodotus Tryphon (-150), Artaphernes (-600), Melito of Sardis (140), Agathius (300), Daron Acemoglu (1967), and Astyanax (null). After him are Emine Erdoğan (1955), Aretaeus of Cappadocia (100), Euthymius the Great (377), Latife Uşşaki (1898), Eunapius (349), and Bohemond III of Antioch (1144).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Türkiye

Among mathematicians born in Türkiye, Menaechmus ranks 8. Before him are Eudoxus of Cnidus (-408), Al-Battani (858), Thābit ibn Qurra (836), Anthemius of Tralles (474), Autolycus of Pitane (-360), and Simplicius of Cilicia (490). After him are Callippus (-370), Theon of Smyrna (70), Theodosius of Bithynia (-160), and Suzan Kahramaner (1913).

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