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Evangelista Torrecilli
(1641-1644)
proved that the exit velocity of a liquid through a
small hole in the thin wall of a container is proportional to the square root of the
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Robert Hooke
Elastic deformations, such as lengthening, compression, stress and flexion, were studied by the physicist Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703), who stated the following law:
As long as the elastic limit of a body is not exceeded, the elastic deformation it undergoes is directly proportional to the stress received. (Hooke's law) -
Isaac Newton
The Englishman Isaac Newton (1642-1727) was a co-discoverer of calculus with Leibniz. Make contributions
to mechanics, laws of motion and universal law of gravitation, heat flow, optics, analysis
Mathematical, series methods to solve differential equations (1671). -
Gottfried Leibniz
1646-1716)
He was the co-discoverer, with Newton, of calculation.
Mathematical analysis, logic, philosophy, Leibniz's rule, first to solve equations
first-order, separable, homogeneous and linear differentials -
Jacques Bernoulli
Jacques Bernoulli (1654-1705), Swiss, makes contributions to mechanics, geometry, astronomy,
probability, calculation of variations and problems of the brachistochrone. Bernoulli's equation
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Leonhard Euler
Swiss, he was the most prolific of eighteenth-century mathematicians despite his physical handicaps (he lost an eye in 1735 and was totally blind in 1768), he contributes to mechanics, mathematical analysis, number theory, geometry, fluid dynamics , astronomy, optics, developed (1739) the theory of linear differential equations, Euler's identities, invented the gamma function. -
Alexis Clairaut
The French (1713-1765) made contributions to geometry, established the Clairaut equation and singular solutions (1734), astronomy, the problem of 3 bodies, accurately calculated (1759) the perihelion of Halley's comet. -
Pierre-Simon Laplace
The discussion, simultaneously with Vandermonde, of the general theory of determinants in 1772. Laplace transform
Transformation that corresponds to a real variable function f (t), defined in the whole field of real numbers, corresponds to a new function L (f), called Laplace transform Laplace-Gauss law Laplace equation Scientific determinism -
Thomas Malthus
The Essay on the Principle of Population, originally published in English as An Essay on
the Principle of Population (1798), in which he develops the influential theory that population grows faster than resources, leading to a progressive impoverishment of the population. -
Friedrich Bessel
German, made contributions in astronomy, calculated the orbit of Halley's Comet; he introduced the Bessel functions and in 1817 studied Kepler's work. to -
Augustin Louis Cauchy
The French (1789-1857) makes contributions in the calculation of probabilities, the calculation of variations, optics, astronomy, mechanics, elasticity, and mathematical analysis. He created the complex variable theory (1820) and applied his theory to differential equations. -
Hermann Schwarz
contributes to algebra (number of real roots of algebraic equations), geometry, fluid mechanics, acoustics, Sturm-Liouville problems. -
Peter Dirichlet
Peter (1805-1859), German, made contributions in number theory, fluid mechanics, mathematical analysis; established conditions for the convergence of the Fourier series. -
Pafnuti Chebyshov
The Russian (1821-1894) worked on number theory (prime numbers), probability, orthogonal functions, Chebyshov polynomials. -
Oliver Heaviside
made contributions to electromagnetism, suggested the presence of the atmospheric layer now called the ionosphere; Non-rigorous operational methods for solving differential equations. -
Charles Hermite
French Charles Hermite (1822-1901) studied number theory, proof (1873) of the significance of the number e, elliptic functions, algebra, Hermite polynomials. -
David Hilbert
German mathematician, David Hilbert (1862-1943) made contributions to algebra, integral equations, calculus of variations, logic, Hilbert space, proposed many problems, some still unsolved. -
Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac
He was one of the founders of quantum mechanics and quantum electrodynamics, being considered by some physicists as the most relevant physicist of the 20th century. His early contributions include modern operator calculus for quantum mechanics, which he called Transformation Theory, as well as an early version of the formulation of path integrals. He also created a many-body formalism for quantum mechanics that allowed each particle to have its own time -
Charles Picard
French (1856-1941) makes contributions to algebraic geometry, topology, complex variable, Picard's method, and existence-uniqueness theorems for differential equations. -
Louis Nirenberg
Louis Nirenberg was a Canadian mathematician, considered to be one of the best analysts of the 20th century, who made fundamental contributions in the field of linear and nonlinear partial differential equations and their application in geometry and complex analysis.
