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Nicomachus of Gerasa

Nicomachus of Gerasa

c. 60 CE–c. 120 CE · Gerasa (Jerash)

Nicomachus of Gerasa (c. 60-c. 120 CE) was a Greek mathematician and music theorist in the Pythagorean tradition, from Gerasa (modern Jerash). His 'Introduction to Arithmetic' became a standard textbook on the theory of numbers, treating numbers philosophically rather than as a tool for calculation, and he also wrote a 'Manual of Harmonics' on music. His work was influential well into the Middle Ages.

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Gerasa (Jerash)Decapolis

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About Gerasa (Jerash)

Gerasa, modern Jerash in northwestern Jordan, was a city of the Decapolis well preserved from the Roman period. It was the birthplace of the Neopythagorean mathematician Nicomachus, author of the Introduction to Arithmetic.

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