This document summarizes several famous mathematicians and their contributions:
- Pierre De Fermat founded modern number theory and made discoveries in probability, analytic geometry, optics, and calculus.
- Gottfried Leibniz and Isaac Newton both independently invented calculus. Newton also published the influential Principia Mathematica and made advances in binomial theory and solving Diophantine equations.
- Rene Descartes invented Cartesian coordinates and founded analytic geometry. Euclid is considered the founder of geometry through his work in Elements of Euclid.
This document summarizes several famous mathematicians and their contributions:
- Pierre De Fermat founded modern number theory and made discoveries in probability, analytic geometry, optics, and calculus.
- Gottfried Leibniz and Isaac Newton both independently invented calculus. Newton also published the influential Principia Mathematica and made advances in binomial theory and solving Diophantine equations.
- Rene Descartes invented Cartesian coordinates and founded analytic geometry. Euclid is considered the founder of geometry through his work in Elements of Euclid.
This document summarizes several famous mathematicians and their contributions:
- Pierre De Fermat founded modern number theory and made discoveries in probability, analytic geometry, optics, and calculus.
- Gottfried Leibniz and Isaac Newton both independently invented calculus. Newton also published the influential Principia Mathematica and made advances in binomial theory and solving Diophantine equations.
- Rene Descartes invented Cartesian coordinates and founded analytic geometry. Euclid is considered the founder of geometry through his work in Elements of Euclid.
Pierre De Fermat – Probability, analytic geometry,
optics and calculus, Founder of modern of number theory, Fermat Primes, Fermat Theorem. Gottfried Wilhelm Von Leibniz – German Mathematician, Invented calculus independently from Isaac Newton. Developed linear systems, Geometry Calculus and topology. Isaac Newton – Most influential scientist of all time. His book Principia Mathematica consider most scientific book in the century. Invented calculus from Leibniz. Generalized the binomial theorem for many exponents. Newtons Identities and Method, Solution to Diophantine equation Rene Descartes – French Mathematician and Philosopher. He invented the cartesian coordinates. Foundation of Analytic Geometry. Developed the rules of sign Euclid – Greek Mathematician often referred to as the founder of geometry. Elements of Euclid. Srinivasa Ramanujan – on of India’s greatest mathematical geniuses. He made substantial contributions to the analytical theory of numbers. He also worked on elliptical functions and infinite series. Archimedes – was Greek mathematician, engineer, inventor and astronomer. He is considered, considered to be the greatest mathematician of ancient history. Modern calculus, found the area of a circle, surface area, and volume of a sphere, area of an ellipse, the area under a parabola, the area of a spiral, the volume of a segment of a paraboloid of revolution. Deriving a approximate value of pie. George Friedrich Bernhard Riemann – one of the most prominent mathematician in the 19 century. Riemann Geometry, Riemann Surfaces, and Riemann Integrate, Riemann the hypotheses. Carl Friedrich Gauss – was known as the Prince of Mathematics. Gauss Method. At the age of 22 he made several important contributions in major areas of mathematics most notably in number theory. He went to prove the fundamental theory of algebra. Leonhard Euler – the king of mathematicians. Introduced mathematical notation. His notation included, functions as f(x), shorthand trigonometric functions. The Greek letter Sigma for summation and the letter I for imaginary number root -1. Symbol of pi.