MAT 1000 College Mathematics Mathematicians: Making numerous contributions By Bonnie Jodoin Presented to Professor Combs A paper presented to Florida Technical College in partial fulfillment Of the requirements for the Associate of Science Degree Presented on 12/17/2001 Title Mathematicians: Making numerous contributions Thesis Statement This report will focus on the professional field of mathematicians. It will highlight some of the history‚ responsibilities‚ opportunities
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young age and began to do acts. As he grew older‚ his acts became more extreme and more stunning. Nobody knew that these acts were going to make Harry Houdini one of the best magicians on the planet. Almost everyone knows that Harry Houdini was a famous magician‚ but how did he get that far? Harry Houdini was originally born as Ehrich Weisz in Budapest‚ Hungary. When he was about eight years old‚ him‚ his mother‚ and his siblings moved to America for a better life. His father’s work wasn’t the most
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ca/BestOf/WomenInMath7105.html [Accessed 12th March 2008]. Osen‚ L M. (1975) Women in Mathematics. [Online] Available from:http://books.google.com. [Accessed 14th March 2008]. Riddle‚ L. (1995-2008) “Grace Chisholm Young” In Biographies of Women Mathematicians. [Online] Available from: http://www.agnesscott.edu/LRIDDLE/WOMEN/young.htm [Accessed 17th March 2008]. Robertson‚ E F and O ’Connor‚ J (2005). [Online] Available from: http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Chisholm_Young.html [Accessed
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RAMANUJAN He was born on 22na of December 1887 in a small village of Tanjore district‚ Madras. He failed in English in Intermediate‚ so his formal studies were stopped but his self-study of mathematics continued. He sent a set of 120 theorems to Professor Hardy of Cambridge. As a result he invited Ramanujan to England. Ramanujan showed that any big number can be written as sum of not more than four prime numbers. He showed that how to divide the number into two or more squares or cubes. when
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time for his love of math. Since math was just his hobby‚ he never wanted any of his work to be published. When he did publish his work‚ it was always anonymously. Fermat would state theorems‚ but always neglected the proofs. For example‚ his most famous work‚ ‘Fermat’s Last Theorem‚’ didn’t include a proof until when Andrew J. Wiles provided the first in 1993. He made many contributions in the field of mathematics. For example‚ he is considered as one of the ‘fathers’ of analytic geometry‚ along
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knowing‚ it would not be worth living.” –Henri Poincare Jules Henri Poincare was a famous French mathematician born in Nancy‚ France on April 29‚ 1854. He is known for contributing to works in pure and applied mathematics‚ mathematical physics‚ as well as celestial mathematics. He founded the mathematical theory of dynamical systems‚ or qualitative dynamics and formulated the Poincare conjecture that is one of the most famous mathematical problems today. Some people even credit him as a co-discover of
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Difference between a Scientist and a Mathematician A scientist‚ in a broad sense‚ is one engaging in a systematic activity to acquire knowledge. In a more restricted sense‚ a scientist is an individual who uses the scientific method. The person may be an expert in one or more areas of science. This article focuses on the more restricted use of the word. Scientists perform research toward a more comprehensive understanding of nature‚ including physical‚ mathematical and social realms. Philosophy
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Archimedes Archimedes of Syracuse (c.287 BC - c. 212 BC) was an ancient Greek mathematician‚ physicist and engineer. Although little is known about his life‚ he is regarded as one of the most important scientists in classical antiquity. In addition to making important discoveries in the field of mathematics and geometry‚ he is credited with producing machines that were well ahead of their time. The Ancient Roman historians showed a strong interest in Archimedes and wrote several biographies relating
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