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Zhu Shijie

1249 - 1314

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Zhu Shijie (simplified Chinese: 朱世杰; traditional Chinese: 朱世傑; pinyin: Zhū Shìjié; Wade–Giles: Chu Shih-chieh, 1249–1314), courtesy name Hanqing (漢卿), pseudonym Songting (松庭), was a Chinese mathematician and writer during the Yuan Dynasty. Zhu was born close to today's Beijing. Two of his mathematical works have survived: Introduction to Computational Studies (算學啓蒙 Suan-hsüeh Ch'i-mong) and Jade Mirror of the Four Unknowns (四元玉鑒 Ssŭ-yüan Yü-chien). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zhu Shijie is the 369th most popular mathematician (down from 344th in 2019), the 546th most popular biography from China (up from 600th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Chinese Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Zhu Shijie ranks 369 out of 1,004. Before her are Paul Émile Appell, Otto Hesse, Alfred J. Lotka, Shiing-Shen Chern, Martin Davis, and Lars Hörmander. After her are Daina Taimiņa, Sergei Sobolev, Antoine Gombaud, Vladimir Drinfeld, Michael Maestlin, and László Lovász.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1249, Zhu Shijie ranks 8. Before her are Constance of Sicily, Queen of Aragon, John Balliol, Robert III, Count of Flanders, Emperor Kameyama, Frederick I, Margrave of Baden, and Amadeus V, Count of Savoy. After her is John I, Duke of Saxony. Among people deceased in 1314, Zhu Shijie ranks 8. Before her are Pope Clement V, Jacques de Molay, Rainier I of Monaco, Lord of Cagnes, John Balliol, Albert II, Margrave of Meissen, and Muhammad III of Granada. After her are Stephen I, Ban of Bosnia, and Helen of Anjou.

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In China

Among people born in China, Zhu Shijie ranks 546 out of 1,610. Before her are Emperor Shizong of Jin (1123), Na Moon-hee (1941), Wen Zhengming (1470), Shiing-Shen Chern (1911), Zhong Yao (151), and Shen Zhou (1427). After her are Hou Hsiao-hsien (1947), Fang Xuanling (578), Lo Wei (1918), Cheng Yi (1033), Deng Yingchao (1904), and Ouyang Xun (557).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In China

Among mathematicians born in China, Zhu Shijie ranks 11. Before her are Xu Guangqi (1562), Shing-Tung Yau (1949), Guo Shoujing (1231), Yi Xing (683), Liu Xin (-50), and Shiing-Shen Chern (1911). After her are Qin Jiushao (1201), Yang Hui (1238), Chen Jingrun (1933), Dai Zhen (1724), Wu Wenjun (1919), and Hua Luogeng (1910).

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