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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
Who was an important person in Euclid's life?
Nobody really knows because Euclid' life info has been lost through the years, and do you like pepperoni pizza?
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Did Archimedes developed geometry?
Archimedes, along with countless other mathematicians and philosophers, helped lay the foundation for the development of geometry. Euclid assembled all of the geometric formulae known in ancient Greece and Egypt into his 13 volume work called 'Elements' over 2,000 years ago.
What religion was nicolaus Copernicus?
Wikipedia information about him indicates that he was Catholic.
Both Diophratus (300AD) and Al-Khwarizmi(800 AD) are often called the "father of algebra". I like Al- Khwarizmi because he use the term "al-jabr" which now is known as algebra. Al jabr ( arabic) means, when loosely translated, "what I do to one side of the equation, do the the other"
How do you find the radius if the area is 425sq.m.?
pi*radius2 = 425 sq m
Divide both sides by pi and then square root both sides to find the radius:
radius = 11.63106623 m
When you subtract one square number from another the answer is 12 what are those numbers?
It is: 16-4 = 12
The measurements make for a very steep slide with a gradient of nearly 3.3! Anyway, given these measurements, the bottom of the slide needs to be attached approx 25.6 inches from the bottom of the tower.
What kind of job do a mathematician do?
Mathematicians delve into the most complex and difficult logic and math problems. They also help the financial, biotech, energy and engineering industries and governement agencies beside education jobs where they occupy chairs as professors.
In academy, a B.A. or B.S. in Mathematics cannot pursue professions outright since he still needs some kind of specialization which is mastered after an extended period of post-graduation studies.
Where did Copernicus get the principals idea that the earth was not the centre of the universe?
Copernicus was an astronaut and Mathematician, it is during the research that he was able to get the principle idea that the earth was not at the center of the universe.
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Was Copernicus excommunicted from the church?
Absolutely not.
First of all, Copernicus died before the final draft of the book was published.
Secondly, the introduction to the book was circumspect in saying that these ideas were useful for computation, but not necessarily reflecting reality.
Thirdly, few people paid much attention to the book. Not until 70 years after its publication that any signficant objections to the book were published.
As long as the book was regarded as a useful computational tool, and not a reality, it was read and studied by almost all learned people; most definitely including Jesuit colleges.
We are at the beginning of the third millennium of the common era (or AD, to those who prefer it).
