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Eratosthenes   (English)

Definition (keystage 1)

A Greek mathematician(born c.230 BC).
Particularly famous for his method of finding primes (Eratosthenes' Sieve).

Definition (keystage 1)

Eratosthenes
c 275-194 BC
Greek mathematician and astronomer from Cyrene, who is well known for making an ingenious estimate of the earth's circumference, and his work on prime numbers.

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