Mathematicians
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This document provides a brief overview of important mathematicians throughout history including Pythagoras who founded one of the first societies for mathematics and discovered the Pythagorean theorem, Euclid who wrote The Elements which is still used today to teach geometry, and Al-Khwarizmi who wrote the first book on algebra and introduced Arabic numerals and algorithms to mathematics. It also mentions other influential figures such as Galileo, Euler, and L'Hopital and their contributions to fields like calculus, trigonometry, and differential equations.
Mathematicians
- 2. Mathematicians Mr. Deepak Kumar
- 3. Pythagoras 569 B.C. – 475 B.C. Greece First pure mathematician 5 beliefs Secret society Pythagorean theorem
- 4. Aristotle 384 B.C. – 322 B.C. Greece Philosopher Studied mathematics in relation to science
- 5. Euclid 325 B.C. – 265 B.C. Greece Wrote The Elements Geometry today
- 6. Al-Khwarizmi 780 A.D.-850 A.D. Baghdad (in Iraq) 1 st book on Algebra Algebra Natural Number Equation
- 7. Leonardo da Vinci 1452 A.D. - 1519 A.D. Italy Geometry with mechanical methods Painter Architect Mechanic
- 8. Galileo Galilei 1564 A.D. – 1642 A.D. Italy Teacher Astrology Mathematician
- 9. De L’hopital 1661 A.D. – 1704 A.D. France Differential Calculus L”Hopital’s Rule
- 10. Leonhard Euler 1707 A.D. – 1783 A.D. Switzerland Mechanica (book on mathematical analysis) Calculus of variations Analytic Geometry Trigonometry Symbols