Yang Hui

Yang Hui, courtesy name Qianguang (謙光), was a Chinese mathematician and writer of the Southern Song and Yuan dynasties. Originally, from Qiantang, Yang worked on magic squares, magic circles and the binomial theorem, and is best known for his contribution of presenting Yang Hui's triangle.

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Who was born first?

• Yang Hui was born 2 years before Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt
• Yang Hui was born 2 years after Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi
• Yang Hui was born 7 years after Guo Shoujing
• Yang Hui was born 8 years after Vitello
• Yang Hui was born 11 years before Zhu Shijie

Timeline

1. Vitellocirca 1230 – circa 1275
2. Guo Shoujing1231–1316
3. Qutb al-Din al-ShiraziOctober 1236 – February 7, 1311
4. Yang Hui (this page)circa 1238 – circa 1298
5. Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourtcirca 1240 – 14th century
6. Zhu Shijie1249–1314

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