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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
What famous mathematician was born on march 14th?
Polish mathematician Waclaw Sierpinski was born on March 14th in 1882. Sierpinski is best known for his contributions to number theory, set theory, theory of functions, and topology.
What were some of Charles Babbage math problems he created?
The Table of Logarithms of the Natural Numbers from 1 to 108000.
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What 3 planets did nicolaus Copernicus discover?
He never discovered any planets but he discovered that the earth wasnt the center of the universe
What mathematician defined Pi?
First off Pi is an irrational number it cannot be precisely defined as the ratio of any two whole numbers Second Around 200 BC, Archimedes of Syracuse found that Pi is somewhere about 3.14 (in fractions; Greeks did not have decimals).
Jessica Sanchez born august 1971
Crisis Randale born july 14 1972
Lesile Faulk born october 17 1981
What does Euler's formula equal?
Euler's formula states that, for any real number x,
eix = cos x + i sin x,
where e is the base of the natural logarithm, i is the imaginary unit, and cos and sin are the trigonometric functions cosine and sine, respectively. The argument x is given in radians.
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Did John F Nash Jr have a wife?
John Forbes Nash Jr. (American mathematician) was the subject of the film "A Beautiful Mind" in 2001. Nash was married to Alicia Lopez-Harrison in February of 1957. The pair divorced in 1963, then remarried in 2001.
What German mathematician is famous for his proof of that pi is a transcendental number?
Ferdinand Lindemann.
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French mathematician that was the foundation for later proof of the transcendence of pi?
Charles Hermite
What ancient Greek mathematician estimated the most accurate calculation of pi of his time?
Archimedes
The word "algebra" comes from the Arabic word "al-jabr", meaning reunion and is part of the title of from a book on mathematics written by Muhammed ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi.
He was an Arab mathematician who worked on algebra, arithmetic, and astronomical tables. The word "algorithm" is also derived from his name.
Al-Khwarizmi did not invent algebra but his book was very influential in bringing algebra to the western world so he is generally considered the father of algebra.
A Greek mathematicians Diophantus is sometimes called the father of algebra as he developed one of the earliest forms of solving equations. However he used mostly special ad hoc methods to solve equations, whilst Al- Khwarizmi was the first to solve equations using general methods.
What are Carl Friedrich Gauss accomplishments?
At 24 years of age, he wrote a book called Disquisitines Arithmeticae, which is regarded today as one of the most influential books written in math.
He also wrote the first modern book on number theory, and proved the law of quadratic reciprocity.
In 1801, Gauss discovered and developed the method of least squares fitting, 10 years before Legendre, unfortunately, he didn't publish it.
Gauss proved that every number is the sum of at most three triangular numbers and developed the algebra of congruences.
