ProofWiki:Mathematicians/Sorted By Nation/Levant

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"The army of those who have made at least one definite contribution to mathematics as we know it soon becomes a mob as we look back over history; 6,000 or 8,000 names press forward for some word from us to preserve them from oblivion, and once the bolder leaders have been recognised it becomes largely a matter of arbitrary, illogical legislation to judge who of the clamouring multitude shall be permitted to survive and who be condemned to be forgotten."

Jordan

Nicomachus of Gerasa

c. 60 – c. 120 C.E.

Nicomachus (Greek: Νικόμαχος) was a Neo-Pythagorean about whom very little is known.

Unusual in that he used the system of Arabic numerals rather than the then-current cumbersome Roman numerals.

Appears to have had more influence than his (perhaps limited) abilities may have merited.
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Ascalon

Eutocius of Ascalon

c. 480 – c. 540

Palestinian philisopher about whom little is known. He wrote commentaries on works of Apollonius and Archimedes.

It is possible that Eutocius studied in Alexandria and became its head.
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Israel

Azriel Levy

b. 1934

Israeli mathematician and logician.

Professor emeritus at the University of Jerusalem.

Worked on several results investigating the Axiom of Choice.
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Hillel Furstenberg

b. 1935

Hillel (Harry) Furstenberg (Hebrew: הלל (הארי) פורסטנברג‎) is an Israeli mathematician famous for his proof, using techniques from topology, on the infinitude of primes.
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Mordechai Ben-Ari

b. 1948

Israeli mathematician best known for his work in mathematical logic and computer science.
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