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