Pythagoras Pythagoras was a Greek philosopher and mathematician. He was born in Samos‚ Ionia around 580 b.c. Thales‚ who was another philosopher was the main teacher of Pythagoras. Pythagoras went to study further in Egypt so Thales couldn’t teach him anymore. In Pythagoras’ teenage years‚ he began to become known for his philosophic ideas. He also succeeded in math‚ astronomy‚ wrestling‚ and music. In music‚ he figured out that when a string is vibrating‚ the longer or shorter it is makes a difference
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Sophie Germain Female of French Revolution Marie-Sophie Germain was born on April 1‚ 1776 and passed away on June 27‚ 1831. She was an important French mathematician‚ and a brilliant woman who lived during the French Revolution. Germain was born to a middle-class merchant family in Paris‚ France‚ and began studying mathematics at age thirteen‚ despite her parents’ strong attempts to dissuade her from engaging in a ’men’s profession’. Several years later‚ she managed to get some lecture notes
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Mathematicians of the 17th Century Jacob Bernoulli (also known as James or Jacques) (27 December 1654/6 January 1655 – 16 August 1705) was one of the many prominent mathematicians in the Bernoulli family. He became familiar with calculus through a correspondence with Gottfried Leibniz‚ then collaborated with his brother Johann on various applications‚ notably publishing papers ontranscendental curves (1696) and isoperimetry(1700‚ 1701). In 1690‚ Jacob Bernoulli became the first person to develop
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BC Calculus Post AP Exam Assignment: 500 BC-1 AD: Euclid‚ alive around 300 BC‚ completely transformed mathematics. His influence is extremely evident today in the fields of geometry‚ arithmetic‚ and optics. Living in a time when questioning thought‚ trying to understand the changing world‚ and developing ideas that could help understand the natural world‚ Euclid was able to identify and create ideas that transformed the way people viewed the world into a more mathematical‚ logical‚ and
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Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Born: March 14‚ 1879‚ in Ulm‚ Kingdom of Württemberg‚ German Empire Died: April 18‚ 1955 (at age 76) in Princeton‚ New Jersey Nationality: German Famous For: Father of the Atomic Age. Many contributions to science that transformed the modern world Awards: Nobel Prize in Physics (1921)‚ Time Magazine’s Person of the Century (1999) Einstein’s Contribution to Mathematics While Einstein was remembered for his contributions to physics‚ he also made contributions in mathematics
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Although there are many famous mathematicians that I do not know of‚ Maria Gaëtana Agnesi is an important mathematician of the Renaissance period. Born on May 16‚ 1718‚ Maria was the oldest of twenty one. “She was the daughter of Pietro Agnesi who came from a wealthy family who made their money from silk.”(O’Connor and Robertson) Recognized as a child prodigy‚ early‚ Maria’s father made sure to provide the finest tutors for his daughter. All of Maria’s tutors were men educated by the Church
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Archimedes famous mathematician Archimedes of Syracuse was an outstanding Greek mathematician‚ inventor‚ physicist‚ engineer and also an astronomer. Although not much is known about his life‚ he is considered as one of the most eminent scientists in classical antiquity. He established strong foundations in the field of physics‚ particularly in statics‚ hydrostatics and explained the principle of the lever. In his lifetime‚ he made many incredible inventions such as designing innovative machines
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fought Alexander‚ which would put them further north.[3] Mathematics Place value system and zero The place-value system‚ first seen in the 3rd century Bakhshali Manuscript‚ was clearly in place in his work. While he did not use a symbol for zero‚ the French mathematician Georges Ifrah argues that knowledge of zero was implicit in Aryabhata’s place-value system as a place holder for the powers of ten with null coefficients[10] However‚ Aryabhata did not use the brahmi numerals. Continuing the Sanskritic
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Indian Mathematicians 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
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Mathematician research paper: Marjorie Lee Browne There are a lot of great mathematicians in the world‚ and I would like to say that the majority of the most recognized mathematicians are light skin colored males. For example‚ Aristotle‚ Da Vinci‚ and many more that have contributed to math. I decided to do this essay on Marjorie Lee Browne. Marjorie Lee Browne was one of the first African American women to earn a doctorates degree in mathematics‚ and I am highly inspired by her. Born
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