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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.

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Who is wilfrid gangbo?

Gangbo attended graduate school at Swiss Federale Institute of Technology where he earned his Ph.D. in 1992. From 1992 to 1993, Dr. Gangbo was a Postdoc Associate at Carnegie Mellon University. 1993--1995 he was located at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley. Dr. Wifrid Gango joined the mathematics department of Georgia Tech as an Assistant Professor in 1995. In 1999 he was promoted to Associate professor. In 2001 he was promoted to Professor - from Ph.D. to Full Professor in nine years is very strong.

Professor Gango is Founder of "EcoAfrica," association of scientists involved in several projects in support of African countries. EcoAfrica was founded in 1990 in Switzerland and currently has six members. In the past years, EcoAfrica received funds mostly from Swiss institutions such as DDA, a Swiss Goverment Agency. Among other things, EcoAfrica has organized several workshops in Applied Mathematics in Senegal and intends to do the same in other countries in Africa.

He has a wife and two daughters.


Was Nicolas Copernicus' theory rejected?

that the world was heliocentric not geocentric aka sun centered universe and earth centered universe

Where is Leonardo Fibonacci buried?

He died in Pisa around 1240-1250. His date of death is not accurately known and neither is his final resting place.

What is Boltzmann's distribution equation?

http://www.knowledgerush.com/kr/encyclopedia/Boltzmann_distribution/

What was the cause of john napiers death?

The probable cause of Napier's death was complications arising from gout, although this can now never be known with certainty.

What were the major contributions of Ibn Battutah and Omar Khayyam?

the first guy gave geogarphy and the second one gave literayure

Draw and explain the bloack Daigram of Von Neumann machine?

Block diagram of the von Neumann architecture: MQ, multiplier quotient register; IR, instruction register; IBR, instruction buffer register; MAR, memory address register; MDR, memory data register

Where was bertrand Russell buried?

He died in 1970 it was 2th February he was died and buried in Penrhyndeudraeth, Wales, In United Kingdom.

What was Pythagoras's legacy?

Pythagoras was a Greek philosopher and mathematician who lived around 500 BC. He discovered/created the Pythagorean theorem, whereby the squares of the two shorter sides of the triangles are equal to the square of the hypotenuse, or longest side.

His famed formula is: a2 + b2 = c2 where a= the length of one of the shorter sides, b=the length of the other shorter side, and c=the length of the longest side, or hypotenuse.

What was Pythagoras' favorite number?

i dont think mathematicians had favorite numbers but i guess since he realized the importance of ten, i think ten would be one good one he really liked. And possible 0, if they discovered it yet! ;]

Is every cauchy sequence is convergent?

Every convergent sequence is Cauchy. Every Cauchy sequence in Rk is convergent, but this is not true in general, for example within S= {x:x€R, x>0} the Cauchy sequence (1/n) has no limit in s since 0 is not a member of S.

What game was created by French Mathematician Blaise Pascal?

Pascal's Triangle

A triangle of numbers in which a row represents the coefficients of the binomial series. The triangle is bordered by ones on the right and left sides, and each interior entry is the sum of the two entries above. Similar to modern day Sudoku.

Who is the Chinese mathematician who estimated pi at 3.12159?

Value of pi was first given by the semi god Krishna in Mahabharata to 32 accurate decimal places .In fact it can be extended more.Archimedes long later used an approximation method to calculate pi to 4 decimal places

see the link below for how to calculate pi to 32 accurate decimal places

http://archives.amritapuri.org/bharat/bharat.php

What ancient Greek mathematician came up with an approximate value for pi by circumscribing and inscribing circles in and around regular polygons?

Archimedes (287-212 BC) was the first to estimate π rigorously. He realized that its magnitude can be bounded from below and above by inscribing circles in regular polygons and calculating the outer and inner polygons' respective perimeters. By using the equivalent of 96-sided polygons, he proved that 310/71< π < 31/7. The average of these values is about 3.14185.

What famous mathematician's birthday is on March fourteenth?

Several well known mathematicians were born on March 14 but perhaps the most famous is Albert Einstein whose was born 14 March 1879.

What is the relationship between the symbol and word for pi?

pi is the ratio of the perimeter of a circle to its diameter. The Greek letter, pi, is the first letter of the word perimetros (Greek for perimeter).

Why is it difficult to determine the precise findings of Pythagoras?

Because Pythagoras was unknown until he became famous for his findings of mathematics. He was determined to find out more.. and he started to get more ideas for his findings of more mathematical problems and findings answers for those problems.

What was the name of Pythagoras's first teacher?

one of pythagoras teachers names was Homer. Homer was a greek writer

Names of Copernicus's family?

Father: Nicolaus Copernicus Senior

Mother: Barbara Watzenrode

Older Brother: Andreas Older Sister: Katharina

Other Older Sister: Barbara