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The ancient Egyptians improved their tally system by choosing more number symbols and stringing. These were called the hieroglyphic
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Their number system was based on two wedge-shapes symbols, known as cuneiform
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The first to have a theorem named after him
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Made many discoveries in geometry
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Their number system had two symbols. A dot that represented 1 and a bar that presented the number 5. These were written veritcally.
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Discovered the 5 Platonic solids
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Considered geometry and arithmetic the two most important mathematical sciences.
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Known for The Elements that introduced Euclidean geometry
He gave the proof for the fundamental theorem of arithmetic -
Known for Diophantus equations
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The father of trigonometry
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Know for her work in math textbooks
redefined several scientific instruments -
Their number system included letters that all had different values and only certain letters could be paired with certain letters.
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Know as the father of Indian Mathematics and his approximation of pi (62832/20000),
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This our everyday numbers we use in our everyday lives.
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Known for the introduction to the symbol for zero
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The Father of Alegbra
Known for his book Ab-Jar
Developed a method for solving linear & quadratic equations. -
Developed Fibonacci sequence
Popularized the Arabic number system -
Known for his discovery of the solution to the cubic equation
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Has been called the Father of modern algebraic notation
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Discover Fermat's last Theorem
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The father of Calculus
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Discovered e as the base for natural logs
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Known for the Goldbach conjecture that was made to Euler.
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He was the first to introduce the notation for a function f(x)
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invented the idea of congruences in numbers what he called modulos.