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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 did Pythagoras do to celebrate when he discovered the theorem?
He sacrificed a goat, and celebrated with fellow pythagorians
Why must mersenne numbers be odd?
All Mersenne primes are one less than some multiple of two. Any multiple of two is even, so any multiple one less than a multiple of two must be odd.
How did Leonhard Euler's theory help mankind?
He was a very able mathematician and developed many theories. The question needs to be more specific. Which theory are you referring to?
Who tried to get the first calculation of pi?
The ancient Babylonians from around 1700 BC used pi = 3.125. The name of the person who calculated that value was not recorded.
What was Nicholas Copernicus remembered for?
Dude sat in his back yard and said "whoa those other dudes are wrong. The earth is moving around the sun, the sun isn't going around earth. Oops I shouldn't have figured that out, they are going to kill me."
What has the author Pierre de Fermat written?
Pierre de Fermat has written:
'Osservazioni su Diofanto'
'Bemerkungen zu Diophant'
'Varia opera mathematica Petri de Fermat' -- subject(s): Geometry, Early works to 1800, Number theory
'Oeuvres de Pierre Fermat' -- subject(s): Mathematics
If those grades are weighted equally, then no.
How does 1 over 3 to 100th power have a repeating or terminating decimal representation?
It is repeating. Any fraction in simplest terms which has ANY prime factor other than 2 or 5 in its denominator will be a repeating fraction.
How did René Descartes make his discoveries?
Rene Descartes was a philosopher, mathematician and scientist. He made several discoveries and unfortunately, your question does not specify which discovery you are referring to.
What did Leonhard Euler contibute in mathematics?
He made big contributions in graph theory, calculus and more. I have attached a link with lots of information about this amazing man.
What did joann carl fried rich gauss do to contribute to math?
Lots of stuff. Why don't you check his wikipedia page?
How many proofs are their for Pythagoras theorem'?
There are over 100 of them. They can be found at //www.cut-the-knot.org/pythagoras/
How can you find the greatest common factor of 5 and 11?
since 5 and 11 are both prime, their greatest common factor can only be 1.
for any two prime numbers, the answer here is always 1 ... because a prime number is divisible only by itself and one.
Pythagoras and the brotherhood developed the theory of number. What main theories did they devise?
Pythagoras and his followers developed the Pythagorean Theorem, the Music of the Spheres, and created a list of which every number represents something.
i.e., 1 - Unity, the source of reason
2 - Duality, Female, Opinion
3 - Trinity, Male, and something else I can't remember
4 - Justice, the secret of fire
5 - Marriage, the union of the Male and Female numbers
It goes all the way up to twelve, excluding 8, 9, and 11.
n*(n-1)/2
