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Minggatu
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Also known as Mingantu, Jingan

thumb|300px|A page from Minggatu's Geyuan Milü Jiefa thumb|300px|Minggatu's geometrical model for trigonometric infinite series thumb|300px|Minggatu discovered Catalan numbers Minggatu (Mongolian script: ; , c.1692-c. 1763), full name Sharavyn Myangat (), also known as Ming Antu, was a Mongolian astronomer, mathematician, and topographic scientist at the Qing court. His courtesy name was Jing An (静安).

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Key facts

Person.name
Minggatu
Person.image
Myangat.jpg
Person.birth_name
Sharavyn Myangat
Person.birth_date
c.1692
Person.birth_place
Plain White Banner, (now Plain and Bordered White Banner, Xilin Gol League, Inner Mongolia)
Person.other_names
Ming AntuJing An
Person.known_for
Catalan numbers
Person.occupation
Mathematician, Astronomer

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Qing dynasty
Place of birth
Inner Mongolia
Occupation
astronomer
Languages spoken
Old Mandarin
Academic degree
jinshi
Image
Myangat.jpg
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ethnic group
Mongols
date of death
1763-01-01
date of birth
1692-00-00
writing language
Classical Chinese
described by source
Draft History of Qing
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WikiProject Mathematics
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Later recognition
  • See also
  • References

thumb|300px|A page from Minggatu's Geyuan Milü Jiefa thumb|300px|Minggatu's geometrical model for trigonometric infinite series thumb|300px|Minggatu discovered Catalan numbers Minggatu (Mongolian script: ; , c.1692-c. 1763), full name Sharavyn Myangat (), also known as Ming Antu, was a Mongolian astronomer, mathematician, and topographic scientist at the Qing court. His courtesy name was Jing An (静安).

Minggatu was born in Plain White Banner (now Plain and Bordered White Banner, Xilin Gol League, Inner Mongolia) of the Qing Empire. He was of the Sharaid clan. His name first appeared in official Chinese records in 1713, among the Kangxi Emperor's retinue, as a shengyuan (state-subsidized student) of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau. He worked there at a time when Jesuit missionaries were in charge of calendar reforms. He also participated in the work of compiling and editing three very important books in astronomy and joined the team of China's area measurement.

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