Born in Gerasa, Palestine (now Jerash, Jordan), Nicomachus is mainly known for his work in arithmetic. He has been credited with founding Greek arithmetic as a separate mathematical discipline, and is also considered a notable representative of...

c. 60-c. 100 Roman Syrian Mathematician and Philosopher In a play by the satirist Lucian, one character says to another, "You calculate like Nicomachus." The latter, a philosopher of the neo-Pythagorean school, is best remembered for his...

Nicomachus (Greek: Νικόμαχος) (c. 60 – c. 120) was an important mathematician in the ancient world and is best known for his works Introduction to Arithmetic (Arithmetike eisagoge) and The Manual of Harmonics in Greek. He was born in...