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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

How old is Pythagoras' theorem?

Although t is known as Pythagoras' theorem and thus about 2500-2600 years old, considering Pythagoras lived between 5th and 6th century BC, it was known before this.

There is evidence that the Babylonians of 20th to 16th century BC (some 1000 years before Pythagoras) knew it, making it about 3600-4000 years old.

What Great Mathematicians are still alive?

Andrew Wiley, who solved Fermat's Last Theorem. Andrew Wiley, who solved Fermat's Last Theorem.

How did Emmy Noether die?

She died of an illness that only her closest friends knew about. to be honest, nobody knows, in our generation.

What did the Copernicus universe suggest?

Copernicus suggested a heliocentric model of the universe. Meaning, the earth was the centre of the universe and other planets had to orbit around the earth. This model of the universe was against Ptolemy's model of a geocentric model; a stationary Earth at the centre of the universe.

What are the names of nicolaus Copernicus' parents?

Nicolaus Copernicus's parents names were zigwid (Father) and Zelda (mother)

How did Apollonius die?

Apollonius' death is a mystery. According to some he fell out of favor with Emperor Severu, who put him on trail and had his hair cut off to eliminate his magical powers. Apollonius simply disappeared from the courtroom never to be seen again.

What is the ramanujan father name?

Ramanujan father name K. Srinivasa Iyengar

What was pythagoras' name?

His only name in historical record is Pythagoras, he is sometimes called Pythagoras of Samos

What year was Pascal born?

Blaise Pascal, the French mathematician, was born in Clermont-Ferrand, France on June 19, 1623. Some of his most well-know ideas are Pascal's triangle, Pascal's law, and Pascal's theorem.

Who are famous mathemathican?

# # Archimedes of Syracuse # Isaac Newton # Carl F. Gauss # Leonhard Euler # Euclid of Alexandria

# Bernhard Riemann # Henri Poincaré # David Hilbert # Joseph-Louis Lagrange # Pierre de Fermat

# Niels Abel # Alexander Grothendieck # Évariste Galois # Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar # Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

# Eudoxus of Cnidus # Karl Wilhelm Theodor Weierstrass # Leonardo `Fibonacci' Pisano # Blaise Pascal # René Déscartes

# Brahmagupta `Bhillamalacarya' # Augustin Cauchy # Georg Cantor # John von Neumann # Aryabhatta

# Kurt Gödel # Arthur Cayley # Carl G. J. Jacobi # Amalie Emma Noether # Pierre-Simon Laplace

# Pythagoras of Samos # Hermann Klaus Hugo Weyl # Muhammed ibn Musâ al-Khowârizmi # Apollonius of Perga # William Rowan Hamilton