Math

• AUGUSTCAUCHY - famous for his studies in number theory and compositional algebra
• SRINIVASA IYENGAR RAMANUJAN - Indian mathematician who made substantial contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series, and continued fractions
• JACOB BERNOULLI - mathematician and physicist who introduced the symbol e
• MARIN MERSENNE - known for his formula for finding prime numbers (2^n - 1 where n is a prime number)
• PIERRE DE FERMAT - known for Fermat's Last Theorem that x^n + y^n = z^n has no positive solutions if n is greater or equal to 3
• CARL FRIEDRICH GAUSS - introduced the normal distribution, the congruence symbol or modulus in number theory, a method of finding the echelon of a matrix, and devised a formula for finding the sums of a given sequence
• JOHN NAPIER - famous for his introduction of logarithms
• WILLIAM ROWAN HAMILTON - known for his discovery and introduction of quaternions
• ARABS - contributed mostly in the field of Mathematics during Medieval Ages and spread the modern numeral system
• HENRY BRIGGS - known for his Briggsian logarithm with a base of 10
• WILLIAM OUGHTRED - inventor of the slide rule and introduced the multiplication rule
• DE MOIVRE - devised the formula for polar coordinates and complex numbers
• ARISTOTLE - Father of Logic
• CAPTAIN JOHN HUDDART - inventor of the protractor, an instrument for measuring angles
• LORENTZ - introduced the Lorentz factor and Lorentz butterfly as models of chaos theory
• GOTTFRIED WILHELM VON LEIBNIZ - known for his contributions to mathematics
• ALBERT EINSTEIN - famous for his equation E = mc²
• GEORG FRIEDRICH RIEMANN - known for his introduction of elliptical geometry
• LEONHARD EULER - blind mathematician known for Euler's number (e), modern symbols for differentiation, attempted to find the value of pi, and devised the formula for the Platonic solids
• KARL THEODOR WILHELM WEIERSTRASS - "Father of Modern Analysis" who formalized the definition of the continuity of a function, proved the intermediate value theorem and the Bolzano-Weierstrass theorem, and studied the properties of continuous functions on closed bounded intervals
• Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz:

  • Founder of calculus with Isaac Newton
  • Introduced the Leibniz rule and modern symbol for integration, the elongated S
• Georg Cantor:

  • Introduced set theory and some symbols for set theory
• Pappus:

  • Known for his theorem on solid of revolutions
• Niels Henrik Abel:

  • Known for his Abellian group used in number theory
• Gabriel Cramer:

  • Devised the method of solving linear equations through determinants
• Johannes Kepler:

  • Physicist and mathematician
  • Devised the three planetary laws
  • Concluded that the orbit of the planets are elliptical
• Isaac Newton:

  • Founder of calculus
  • Devised the method of fluxions and the fluents
• Guillaume de l'Hospital:

  • Known for his special rule for limits stating that the limit of f(x)/g(x) as x approaches a certain value is the partial derivative of f(x) and g(x) provided f(x)/g(x) is intermediate
• Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi:

  • Made fundamental contributions to elliptic functions, dynamics, differential equations, and number theory
• David Hilbert:

  • Known for Hilbert's problem composed of difficult math problems that cannot be solved
• Thales of Miletus:

  • Greek philosopher who proved that the triangle inscribed in a semicircle is a right triangle
• Apollonius of Perga:

  • Famous for his studies on conic sections
• Pythagoras:

  • Known for his theorem on the sum of squares in a right triangle (Pythagorean Theorem)
  • Introduced numerology
• Archimedes:

  • Famous Greek physicist and mathematician
  • Devised the method of exhaustion
  • First to attempt finding the value of pi
  • Known for his books about spheres
  • Known for Archimedes' screw and Archimedes' principle
• Gottfried Leibniz:

  • First to use a dot to indicate multiplication of algebraic terms in 1686
• Thomas Harriot:

  • First to introduce the greater than (>) and less than (<) symbols in 1631
• Simon Stevin:

  • Dutchman responsible for our use of decimals.Wrote La Disme on the use of decimals. Dutchman responsible for our use of decimalsWrote La Disme on the use of decimals
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• Johann Heinrich Rahn:

  • Swiss mathematician who introduced the symbol + for division
• Al-Hassar:

  • Arabic author who used a horizontal line between the dividend and divisor as we do today
• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz:

  • German mathematician who used a period to indicate multiplication