Zu Chongzhi

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What Wikipedia says

Zu Chongzhi (Chinese: 祖沖之; 491–780), courtesy name Wenyuan (Chinese: 文遠), was a Chinese astronomer, inventor, mathematician, politician, and writer during the Liu Song and Southern Qi dynasties.

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