What is Nicomachus of Gerasa?
'''Nicomachus''' (c. 60-c. 120, born in [[Gerasa]], [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] [[Syria]], now [[Jerash]], [[Jordan]]). He was one of the most important mathematicians of the ancient world. He was strongly influenced by [[Aristotle]] and is best known for his works ''Introduction to Arithmetic'' (Arithmetike eisagoge) and ''[[The Manual of Harmonics]]'' in [[Greek language|Greek]]. He was a [[Pythagorean]]. In ''[[Introduction to Arithmetic]]'', Nicomachus writes extensively on [[number]], especially on the significance of [[prime numbers]] and [[perfect numbers]] and argues that [[arithmetic]] is the starting point that makes it possible to do the other mathematical sciences: [[geometry]], [[music]], and [[astronomy]]. {{Authority control}} [[Category:Ancient mathematicians]] {{history-stub}}