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Mathematicians
Often, to completely understand the importance of a mathematical theory, it's essential to know about the person who developed it. This category is where all questions about historically significant mathematicians should be asked.
6,570 Questions
Are more males alive or dead at age 75?
Dead since there will always be more people that are dead than alive. If a person dies, he has lived, but is dead. Hence, always dead. If a person is living, he is only living for the time being.
So really, it's philosophical question.
What is Rene Descartes Wax Figure argument?
The wax thought experiment is intended to illustrate how things maintain their initial identity though they do change form (ex. the essence of wax stays the same, though it changes state from solid to liquid as it burns).
How did Newton originally propose to launch things into space?
By blasting it horizontally from a mountaintop.
Was there a Dory Miller in World War 2?
yes. he worked aboard one of the ships in pearl harbour during the attack. He moved his captin to a safer place and fired a weapon at tyhe Japanese aircraft that he had no previous training for. He admits however thathis attemps didn't even come close to shooting down one of the aircraft.
Who was the17th century English mathematician who wrote The Arithmetica and The Algebra?
The English mathematician John Wallis (1616 - 1703).
What are the three fundamental electrical quantities?
Electric current Electromotive force or voltage Resistance that's all ^^
What is the comparison between Rene Descartes' and John Locke's theory of substance?
Descartes had a dualist substance theory and believed that there were two substances, the mind and the body. Locke also believed that there were spiritual substances and physical substances, but his theory of substance relied on the substratum, a characterless thing that contains the characteristics we observe. Since we cannot observe substance, Locke believed we could not know anything about it.
Why did René Descartes believe in god?
One of his reasons for believing in god is that he knows (or thinks) that God is perfect. Since perfection includes existence, he therefore assumes that God must exist.
Answer:
Descartes made a series of increasingly unsupportable suppositions to back up his beleief in God:
1. I exist (A supportable statement for an individual - Cogito ergo sum)
2. I have in my mind the notion of a perfect being (The idea that anyone can develop an idea of a perfect being is not provable. The Aztec may have thoght their bloodthirsty gods perfect as well)
3. An imperfect being, like myself, cannot think up the notion of a perfect being (There is no proof although it is believable that humans are not perfect and it is debatable if the idea he has of a perfect being is indeed perfect)
4. Therefore the notion of a perfect being must have originated from the perfect being himself (This is a flight of fancy)
5. A perfect being would not be perfect if it did not exist (Buddhists, for example see perfection in the loss of being)
6. Therefore a perfect being must exist (This does not follow from any of the above statements)
The mean value theorem for differentiation guarantees the existing of a number c in an interval (a,b) where a function f is continuous such that the derivative at c (the instantiuous rate of change at c) equals the average rate of change over that interval.
mean value theorem of integration guarantees the existing of a number c in an interval (a,b)where a function f is continuous such that the (value of the function at c) multiplied by the length of the interval (b-a) equals the value of a the definite integral from a to b. In other words, it guarantees the existing of a rectangle (whose base is the length of the interval b-a that has exactly the same area of the region under the graph of the function f (betweeen a and b).
Where did the German mathematician David Hilbert go to elementary school?
In or near Königsberg (now known as Kalingrad administrative center of Kalingrad Oblast, a Russian enclave between Poland and Lithuania).
They are 2 and 3
How has Rene Descartes' scientific discoveries change the world today?
René Descartes contributed to varied disciplines including philosophy, mathematics and science. He investigated and did remarkable work in optics, meteorology and geometry in efforts to deconstruct the universe to its mathematical foundations. Of all the discoveries he made, perhaps most important was creating the scientific method and deductive reasoning.
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He IS famous because he was Plato's most talented discipule and developed the most abrangent philosophical system mankind has ever known. He investigated Logic, Rhetoric, Arts, Biology, Metaphysics, Ethics, Politics, Epistemology and influenced many other philosophers and scientists.
What is Charles Babbage difference engine?
The Difference engine is a engine that Charles tried to build 1850-1859, it was to be used to calculate logarithmic tables.
What are some real life examples of Archimedes' principle?
Total water displaced by a ship is equal to the Weight of the ship is a live example
What is the importance of the Fibonacci series?
The Importance of Fibonacci's series is that it helps people find more patterns 1+0=1
1+1=2
1+2=3
2+3=5
5+3=8
etc.
Was Isaac Newton a grumpy man?
isaac newton was never a grumpy man if he was he wouldn`t discover deep into force and friction and even mention his theory.
