List of Chinese mathematicians
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This is a list of noted mathematicians from China.
- Zhang Heng, made the first seismometer; Astronomy, engineering, meteorology, geology, philosophy, and mathematics; died in 139 A.D.
- Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Zi, known for authoring Sun Tzu Suan Ching or "Sun Tzu's Calculation Classic", which contains the Chinese remainder theorem
- Zu Chongzhi, d. 500 AD
- Qin Jiushao, d. 1261
- Guo Shoujing, d. 1316
- Wu Wenjun; The Wu class and the Wu formula are named after him. In the field of automated theorem proving, he is known for Wu's method; died in 2017
- Terence Tao, born 1975