Eratosthenes, 276 bce — 194 bce, was a Greek mathematician.
All mathematicians know Eratosthenes as the inventor of the famous sieve which allows to create easily the sequence of prime numbers. But this man, who lived mainly in the North of Africa, did much more. One can find his biography in Mac Tutor archives or in Wikipedia.
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