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Mathematicians
Mathematicians and Computing Pioneers
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Greek Formula for the side lengths of a right triangle According to legend, killed a follower for proving the existence of an irrational number | Pythagoras |
| Greek Wrote "Elements" Established the foundations of geometry Proved the existence of infinitely many prime numbers | Euclid (YOO-clid) |
| Greek "Eureka!" - density of a gold crown Used method of exhaustion on problems like the area under a parabola | Archimedes |
| French Central figure in the emergence of modern philosophy and science Analytic geometry Cartesian coordinate system named after him | René Descartes |
| French Worked with Fermat on probability One of the inventors of the mechanical calculator Did work in physics (pressure and vacuum) and theology | Blaise Pascal |
| French Last Theorem Little Theorem Number theory Also a lawyer | Pierre de Fermat |
| English One of the discoverers of calculus Generalized the binomial theorem to any exponent Did work in physics, optics and astronomy | Isaac Newton |
| German Discovered calculus independently at the same time as Newton Developed the preferred modern notation for calculus Also an Enlightenment philosopher | Gottfried Leibniz |
| Swiss Invented graph theory Proved Fermat's Little Theorem "His" constant is usually denoted by the lowercase Greek letter gamma | Leonhard Euler (OIL-er) |
| German Proved fundamental theorem of algebra, quadratic reciprocity Claimed an early discovery of non-Euclidean geometry | Carl Friedrich Gauss |
| English Wrote first algorithm for Charles Babbage's analytical engine, was arguably the first computer programmer | Ada Lovelace |
| German "His" sums can be used to approximate the area under a curve | Bernhard Riemann |
| English "His" machine is a theoretical model that can test the "completeness" of a programming language Helped crack the enigma code during WWII at Bletchley Park Convicted of indecency for homosexual behavior, possible suicide by cyanide poisoning | Alan Turing |
| English Originated the concept of a digital programmable computer His "Difference Engine" and "Analytical Engine" designs were the foundations of modern computing | Charles Babbage |
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