Nicomachus
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Nicomachus (Gr. Νικομαχος) (c. 60-c. 120) was born in Gerasa, Roman Syria (now Jerash, Jordan). One of the most important mathematicians of the ancient world, he was strongly influenced by Aristotle and is best known for his works Introduction to Arithmetic (Arithmetike eisagoge) and The Manual of Harmonics in Greek. He was a Pythagorean. In Introduction to Arithmetic, Nicomachus writes extensively on number, especially on the significance of prime numbers and perfect numbers and argues that arithmetic is ontologically prior to the other mathematical sciences (geometry, music, and astronomy), and is their cause.
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Nicomachus was also the name of both Aristotle's father and his son. Historians think the Nicomachean Ethics, a compilation of Aristotle's lecture notes, was probably named after or dedicated to Aristotle's son.
[edit] External links
- O'Connor, John J., and Edmund F. Robertson. "Nicomachus". MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.
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