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La Haye en Touraine (now Descartes), Indre-et-Loire, France March 31, 1596
Significant events in their life-
1597-His mother died of tuberculosis 1607- 11, he studies at the Jesuit College Royal Henry-Le-Grand at La Fleche 1616-,1618- Meets Isaac Beeckman that pulled Descartes into the world of mathematics and physics 1622- Returns to France, selling all property and investing the remaining in bonds 1628- Returns to Dutch Republic, where he has an affair with a servant girl with whom they have a daughter that dies at the age of 5 in 1640. -
La Haye en Touraine (now Descartes), Indre-et-Loire, France March 31, 1596
Education-
Bachelors degree, and Masters in Law
Why they developed the mathematical concept-
Descartes worked to merge algebra and Euclidian geometry. It was developed in two writings of Descartes in 1637. In Pt. 2 of his %u201CDiscourse on Method%u201D introduces the idea of locating a point using coordinates, providing the basis of cartography. These contributions were influential to the development of analytic geometry, calculus, and cartography. -
La Haye en Touraine (now Descartes), Indre-et-Loire, France March 31, 1596
Other contributions-
%u201Ccogito ergo sum%u201D (I think, therefore, I am), method of doubt, Cartesian coordinate system, Cartesian dualism, ontological argument for the existence of God, founder of Modern Philosophy. Descartes was working at the Utrecht University* 1633- Galileo condemned by R.C. Church. -
Leonhard Paul Euler. April 15, 1707 Basel, Switzerland.
Leonhard Paul Euler develops the theory and he spend most of his life in Russia and Germany.
Significant events in their life-
Euler was at this point studying theology, Greek, and Hebrew at his father's urging, in order to become a pastor. He entered the Paris Academy Prize Problem competition
Education-
University of Basel
Other contributions-
Contributions to mathematics section, he introduced much of the modern mathematical -
John Venn August 4, 1834, Hull, Yorkshire
Significant events in their life-
JohnVenn%u2019s mother died when he was young -Venn%u2019s father moves to Highgate near London and lived there until his death in 1873 -1853.He wrote The Logic of Chance which introduced the frequency interpretation of probability -1881 He wrote Symbolic Logic which introduced the Venn diagrams -1889 . Venn died Cambridge, April 4, 1923 -
John Venn August 4, 1834, Hull, Yorkshire
Other contributions-
In 1897, he wrote a history of his college, called The Biographical History of Gonville and Caius College, 1349%u20131897. He commenced a compilation of biographical notes of the alumni of Cambridge University, a work which was continued by his son, John Archibald Venn (1883-1958) and published in 10 volumes from 1922-1953. -
John Venn August 4, 1834, Hull, Yorkshire
Education-
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge %u2013 1853
After Highgate School, Venn entered Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and graduates 1857 -1866. Why they developed the mathematical concept-
John Venn%u2019s main area of interest is logic and the Venn diagram is an example of using logic because the fact that to make a chart that forms closely to the things it contains, that is, to evolve the Venn diagram so it is able to hold more categories. -
Vocabulary
Coefficient-A constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic.
Constant- A quantity that does not vary.
Coordinates- A number that identifies a position relative to an axis.
Equation- A mathematical Statement that two expressions are equal.
Reciprocal- One of a pair of numbers whose product is 1: the reciprocal of 2/3 is 3/2. The multiplicative inverse of 7 is 1/7.
Variable- A symbol that is used in mathematical or logical expressions to represent a variable quanitity -
Vocabulary sentence
Find the coefficient of x^2 in the expansion of (x+2)^2. Find the constant term of the expansion of (2x^2+1/x)^10 Find the coordinates on the equation y=3x %u2013 2 Find the answer to this equation 4(w+3) = 10w Find the reciprocal of 1/3 Find the variable of x in the equation of 7x (2x-3) -
Al-Khwarizmi born in ca 786 A.D. in Central Asia, Baghdad, Iraq
Significant events in their life-
Authored a book called Al-Kitab Al-Mukhtasar fi hisab al-jabr wa%u2019l mugabala-) (The book on calculations by completion and balancing.).
It was the start of algebra. Education-
Studied and work at House of Wisdom -
Al-Khwarizmi born in ca 786 A.D. in Central Asia, Baghdad, Iraq
Other contribution-
The book introduces natural number %u2013 and solution to equation. Equation is linear or quadratic.
Astronomy, Astrology, Geography and Cartography
He founded several basic concepts of astronomy and geography. He accomplished most of his work at the time between 813-833.
