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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 is the answer to the alan turing cryptography challenge chapter 2?
Museum. It works on the basis of a text masseage. Have a look and you'll see!
Which ordered pair is a solution of the linear system?
This is a linear algebra question and it is incomplete since there are no equation which have to be solved.
What graph would be best for temperatures?
A line graph works best for temperature since temperature can vary over 100 degrees in a year in places like Idaho.
Why are mathematicians important?
maths is vital in every job. science uses a maths, history, music. most things involve maths in one way or the other.
Who were carl f gauss children?
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss
Gauss had six children. With wife Johanna (1780-1809), his children were Joseph (1806-1873), Wilhelmina (1808-1846) and Louis (1809-1810). With 2nd wife Minna Waldeck he also had three children: Eugene (1811-1896), Wilhelm (1813-1879) and Therese (1816-1864).
What reason let John Napier invent the logarithm?
There was a demand for a huge number of manual calculations to create tables - many of them for navigational purposes - where similar calculations needed to be repeated many times.
In 1543 what did Copernicus propose?
Luke roudabush
The Heliocentric Theory.
- which is the idea that the stars, the earth, and the other planets revolve
around the sun.
Why was Karl weierstrass famous for mathematics?
Karl W.T made important contributions in elliptical functions and the calculus of variations. He was also a lecturer and excelled many students like: Georg Canto, Ferdinand Frovenius, Felix Klein, Hermann Schwarz and many others.
Who is Dr William E. McCulloch?
He is a Jamaican scientist who found the cure for black water fever and trypanosomiasis(or something like that).
What are facts about francois viete?
Francois Viete was the inventeur of the new algbra
he was born in 1540
he died in 1603
he served as privy councillor to both Henry lll and Henry lv
Francois Viete was born at Fontenay-le-comte
he then moved to Paris and that is also were he dies
What school did Rene Laennec go to?
according to Laennec Society of Philadelpia, Laennec studied medicine at Hôpital de la Charité, Paris qualifying in 1804.
Did john Nash ever actually break codes for the dept of defense?
Yes, in fact John Nash broke many numerical codes of war for the U.S. Government. When John was in Carnegie, he solved many, possibly around 28-30. There is a movie documentary on John Nash, and a book. Both called "A Beautiful Mind."
What are three world events that occured in Carl Gauss lifetime?
Karl Gauss, 1777-1855, events: French Revolution, American revolution, War of 1812
