Nicomachus

Nicomachus

Nicomachus of Gerasa (Ancient Greek: Νικόμαχος; c. 60 – c. 120 AD) was an Ancient Greek Neopythagorean philosopher from Gerasa, in the Roman province of Syria (now Jerash, Jordan). Like many Pythagoreans, Nicomachus wrote about the mystical properties of numbers, best known for his works Introduction to Arithmetic and Manual of Harmonics, which are an important resource on Ancient Greek mathematics and Ancient Greek music in the Roman period. Nicomachus' work on arithmetic became a standard text for Neoplatonic education in Late antiquity, with philosophers such as Iamblichus and John Philoponus writing commentaries on it. A Latin paraphrase by Boethius of Nicomachus's works on arithmetic and music became standard textbooks in medieval education. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nicomachus is the 123rd most popular mathematician (down from 120th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Jordan and the most popular Jordanian Mathematician.

Nicomachus was a student of Aristotle and a teacher of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius. Nicomachus is most famous for writing "The Handbook of Nicomachus," which is a book about the Pythagorean theorem.