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  1. Otto Neugebauer (1899 - 1990) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Neugebauer/

    7 Mar 2023: Died. 19 February 1990. Princeton, New Jersey, USA. Summary. Otto Neugebauer was an Austrian mathematician who made important contributions to the history of ancient mathematics and astronomy. . ... His contributions to the history of ancient mathematics

  2. A A Krishnaswami Ayyangar (1892 - 1953) - Biography - MacTutor…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Ayyangar/

    6 Jul 2023: During nearly three decades during which he taught and undertook research at Mysore he made many contributions to geometry, statistics, astronomy, the history of Indian mathematics, and other topics. ... This paper traces the history of the Hindu numerals

  3. Asger Aaboe (1922 - 2007) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Aaboe/

    7 Mar 2023: Died. 19 January 2007. North Haven, Connecticut, USA. Summary. Asger Aaboe was a Danish mathematician who is known for his contributions to the history of ancient Babylonian astronomy. . ... Steele writes [3]:-. Aaboe took this opportunity to write a

  4. John Wallis (1616 - 1703) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Wallis/

    30 Dec 2023: Wallis made other contributions to the history of mathematics by restoring some ancient Greek texts such as Ptolemy's Harmonics, Aristarchus's On the magnitudes and distances of the sun and ... 19 (1980), 77-100. T F Nikonova, The first attempt to