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Menelaus of Alexandria

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Menelaus of Alexandria (; Ancient Greek: Μενέλαος ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς, Menelaos ho Alexandreus; c. 70 – 140 CE) was a Greek mathematician and astronomer, the first to recognize geodesics on a curved surface as natural analogs of straight lines. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Menelaus of Alexandria is the 167th most popular mathematician (down from 157th in 2019), the 180th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 183rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Egyptian Mathematician.

Menelaus of Alexandria is most famous for his work in geometry, specifically for his theorem which states that the sum of the angles of a triangle is equal to two right angles. He also developed a method for finding the area of a triangle.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Menelaus of Alexandria ranks 167 out of 1,004. Before him are Scipione del Ferro, Ernst Kummer, Sophus Lie, Vito Volterra, Jost Bürgi, and James Joseph Sylvester. After him are Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, Carl David Tolmé Runge, Joseph Bertrand, Johannes Trithemius, Wang Chong, and Jean-Pierre Serre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 70, Menelaus of Alexandria ranks 4. Before him are Suetonius, Pope Anicetus, and Papias of Hierapolis. After him are Theon of Smyrna, and Gaius Julius Quadratus Bassus. Among people deceased in 140, Menelaus of Alexandria ranks 2. Before him is Faustina the Elder. After him are Basilides, Mithridates V of Parthia, and John Mark.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Menelaus of Alexandria ranks 180 out of 642. Before him are Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator (-152), Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad (1927), Mentuhotep I (-2200), Sekhemre Khutawy Sobekhotep (-1800), Hussein Kamel of Egypt (1853), and Ptolemy XI Alexander II (-100). After him are Senenmut (-1600), Faten Hamama (1931), Sanakht (-2700), Amyrtaeus (-450), Mohamed Atta (1968), and Al-Muazzam Turanshah (1250).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Egypt

Among mathematicians born in Egypt, Menelaus of Alexandria ranks 8. Before him are Hypatia (350), Hero of Alexandria (10), Diophantus (201), Pappus of Alexandria (290), Ctesibius (-284), and Theon of Alexandria (335). After him are Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam (850), Ahmes (-1680), Ibn Yunus (950), and Hypsicles (-190).

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