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Famous Mathematicians

By:-Nitin ChhaperwalClass- IX Roll No- 915

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Euclid 300 BC

The Father Of Geometry

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Famous Mathematicians EUCLID

o Greek Mathematician lived in Alexandria.o Famous for geometry.o Greatest contribution in geometry in addition to many other works.o Wrote 13 volumes on geometry including his most famous Elements

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Heron10-70AD

Hero Of Alexandria

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Famous Mathematicians

HERONo A great mathematician of Egyptian origin.oHe worked mostly in applied mathematics.oFamous because a formula was named after him.oWriter of three books dealing largely in mensuration.

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Pythagoras570-495 BC

Pythagoras of Samos

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Famous MathematiciansPYTHAGORAS

o Philosopher who studied Mathematics.o Leader of the famous sect of Pythagoreans who discovered irrationals.o Famous because of the geometrical formula named after him.

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René Descartes 1596-1650

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Famous Mathematicians René Descartes

oGreat French mathematician of seventeenth century.o Discoverer of Analytical geometry.oFounder of the science of optics.oHe solved the problem of describing the position of a point in a plane. In his honor ,this system was named Cartesian System.

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Aristotle

384 B.C. – 322 B.C.GreecePhilosopherStudied mathematics in relation to science

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Al-Khwarizmi

780 A.D.-850 A.D.Baghdad (in Iraq)1st book on AlgebraAlgebraNatural NumberEquation

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Galileo Galilei

1564 A.D. – 1642 A.D.

ItalyTeacherAstrologyMathematician

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De L’hopital

1661 A.D. – 1704 A.D.

FranceDifferential Calculus

L”Hopital’s Rule

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An ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, astronomer and engineer. Although little is known of his life, he is regarded as one of the leading scientists in classical antiquity.

His early use of calculus included the first known summation of an infinite series with a method that is still used today. He is also credited with designing innovative machines, including weapons and the screw pump that bears his name. He is best known for allegedly exclaiming "Eureka!" after discovering what is known today as Archimedes' principle.

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English mathematician, philosopher, and mechanical engineer who originated the idea of a programmable computer. Parts of his uncompleted mechanisms are on display in the London Science Museum. In 1991 a perfectly functioning difference engine was constructed from Babbage's original plans.

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German mathematician and scientist who contributed significantly to many fields, including number theory, statistics, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, electrostatics, astronomy, and optics. Sometimes known as "the prince of mathematicians" and "greatest mathematician since antiquity", Gauss had a remarkable influence in many fields of mathematics and science and is ranked as one of history's most influential mathematicians.Gauss was a child prodigy, of whom there are many anecdotes pertaining to his astounding precocity while a mere toddler, and made his first ground-breaking mathematical discoveries while still a teenager.

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English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, and alchemist. His treatise Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, published in 1687, described universal gravitation and the three laws of motion, laying the groundwork for classical mechanics, which dominated the scientific view of the physical universe for the next three centuries and is the basis for modern engineering.

Newton shares the credit with Gottfried Leibniz for the development of the calculus. He also demonstrated the generalized binomial theorem, developed the so-called "Newton's method" for approximating the zeroes of a function, and contributed to the study of power series.

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French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher.

He was a child prodigy who was educated by his father.

The work done by Fermat and Pascal into the calculus of probabilities laid important groundwork for Leibniz's formulation of the infinitesimal calculus

Following a mystical experience in late 1654, he abandoned his scientific work and devoted himself to philosophy and theology. His two most famous works date from this period: the Lettres provinciales and the Pensées. Pascal suffered from ill health throughout his life and died two months after his 39th birthday.

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Pythagoras of Samos was an Ionian (Greek) philosopher and founder of the religious movement called Pythagoreanism. He is often revered as a great mathematician, mystic and scientist; however some have questioned the scope of his contributions to mathematics or natural philosophy.

We do know that Pythagoras and his students believed that everything was related to mathematics and that numbers were the ultimate reality and, through mathematics, everything could be predicted and measured in rhythmic patterns or cycles. The Pythagoreans were musicians as well as mathematicians. Pythagoras wanted to improve the music of his day, which he believed was not harmonious enough and was too hectic.

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