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PBHS Mathematicians
Question | Answer |
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Both independently invented calculus | Newton and Leibniz |
Accurately estimated pi | Archimedes |
Invented binary numbers | Leibniz |
Prince of Mathematicians | Gauss |
modern notation for e, sq.root of -1(i), trig.functions | Euler |
Boolean algebra; symbolic logic | Leibniz |
Method to manipulate "powers" to find roots | Newton |
Number theory | Fermat |
Wrote the "Elements" | Euclid |
Wrote "On Floating Bodies" | Archimedes |
Volume of a sphere | Archimedes |
Founded Probability Theory | Fermat and Pascal |
Cartesian geometry and Cartesian plane | Rene' Descartes |
"Discourse on Method" | Descartes |
Proof of Fermat's Last Theorem | Andrew Wiles |
The Father of Geometry | Euclid |
f(x) for a function; e for base of natural log; the symbol for pi for ratios of circum to diam., i to denote sq.rt of -1 | Euler (Swiss) |
invented graph theory through Seven Bridges of Konigsberg problem | Euler |
5 Postulates that define "normal" space | Euclid |
5th Postulate "parallel postulate" that space can be broken into spherical and hyperbolic geometries | Euclid |
Proved infinitude of prime numbers | Euclid |
He called Leibniz' differential aspect "the method of fluxions" | Newton |
His Disquisitiones Arithmeticae stated fundamental theorem of arithmetic | Gauss |
Because his primary teacher made him add the first 100 positive integers, he developed the formula for summation of an arithmetic series | Gauss |