A mathematician is a person whose primary area study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with logic‚ space‚ transformations‚ numbers and more general ideas which encompass these concepts. Some notable mathematicians include Archimedes of Syracuse‚ Leonhard Paul Euler‚ Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss‚ Johann Bernoulli‚ Jacob Bernoulli‚ Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī‚ Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann‚ Gottfried Leibniz‚ Euclid of Alexandria‚ Jules Henri Poincaré‚ Srinivasa Ramanujan
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Famous Mathematician: Pythagoras Introduction: Pythagoras’ Theorem is actively used and is a crucial part of trigonometry in present-day mathematics. Pythagoras‚ living approximately from 570 – 495BC‚ in Greece‚ is believed to have founded the Pythagoras’ Theorem among a cult‚ which Aristotle believed to be the beginning of an advance in Mathematics. In fact‚ there is evidence that the theorem had been discovered and used perhaps a thousand years earlier than Pythagoras by the ancient Chinese
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used the Pythagorean Theorem‚ many know little of the man who proved it. Pythagoras was born in 570 BC in Samos‚ Greece. His father‚ Mnesarchus‚ was a merchant from Tyre who traveled abroad. It is rumored that Pythagoras traveled with his father during his early years and was introduced to several influential teachers‚ including Thales who was a famous Greek philosopher. Several years and many countries later‚ Pythagoras found himself in Egypt. It was here that he studied at the temple of Diospolis
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Pythagoras of Samos is often described as the first pure mathematician. He is an extremely important figure in the development of mathematics yet we know relatively little about his mathematical achievements. Unlike many later Greek mathematicians‚ where at least we have some of the books which they wrote‚ we have nothing of Pythagoras’s writings. The society which he led‚ half religious and half scientific‚ followed a code of secrecy which certainly means that today Pythagoras is a mysterious figure
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Contribution of India in mathematics The most fundamental contribution of India in mathematics is the invention of decimal system of enumeration‚ including the invention of zero. The decimal system uses nine digits (1 to 9) and the symbol zero (for nothing) to denote all natural numbers by assigning a place value to the digits. The Arabs carried this system to Africa and Europe. 1) Aryabhata is the first well known Indian mathematician. Born in Kerala‚ he completed his studies at the university
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The Greek philosopher‚ scientist‚ and religious teacher Pythagoras developed a school of thought that accepted the passage of the soul into another body and established many influential mathematical and philosophical theories. Early life Born on the island of Samos‚ off Greece‚ in the Mediterranean Sea‚ Pythagoras was the son of Mnesarchus. Little is known about his early life. After studying in Greece‚ he fled to southern Italy to escape the harsh rule of Polycrates (died c. 522 B.C
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Pythagoras Pythagoras must have been one of the world’s greatest men. However‚ he wrote nothing and it is unknown how much of the doctrine of Pythagoras is due to the founder of society and how much is later development. Sometimes he is represented as a man of science‚ a mathematician‚ and even as a preacher of mystical doctrines. None of these traditional views‚ however‚ should be rejected‚ for he contributed his genius in each field. Pythagoras lived from about 569 BC to about 475 BC. His father
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Pythagoras Of Samos Pythagros’s Family Born - Approximately 569 BC‚ Samos Greece Died -Approximately 500 - 475 BC‚ Metapontum Italy Pythagoras is often referred to as the first pure mathematician. He was born on the island of Samos‚ Greece in 569 BC. Various writings place his death between 500 BC and 475 BC in Metapontum‚ Lucania‚ Italy. His father‚ Mnesarchus‚ was a gem merchant. His mother’s name was Pythais. Pythagoras had two or three brothers. Some historians
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Euclid and His Contributions to Mathematics Euclid was an ancient Greek mathematician from Alexandria who is best known for his major work‚ Elements. Although little is known about Euclid the man‚ he taught in a school that he founded in Alexandria‚ Egypt‚ around 300 b.c.e. For his major study‚ Elements‚ Euclid collected the work of many mathematicians who preceded him. Among these were Hippocrates of Chios‚ Theudius‚ Theaetetus‚ and Eudoxus. Euclid ’s vital contribution was to gather
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PYTHAGORAS OF SAMOS Pythagoras of Samos‚ more commonly known as Pythagoras is recognized as the world’s first mathematician. Pythagoras’ image is mysterious because none of his writings are published‚ and the ‘society he led‚ half religious and half scientific‚ followed a code of secrecy’ (O’Connor and Robertson‚ 1993). He was born c575 BC in Samos‚ Greece‚ and was killed in c495 BC. Details about Pythagoras can be found in early biographical writings who would write of him having ‘divine powers’
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