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Jan 1, 1010
Jia Xian
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Jul 18, 1013
Hermann of Reichenau
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Jan 1, 1031
Shen Kuo
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Jan 1, 1080
Adelard of Bath
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Jan 1, 1114
Bhaskara Acharya
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Jan 1, 1170
Leonardo Fibonacci
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Jan 1, 1192
Li Zhi
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Apr 12, 1202
Qin Jiushao
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Jan 1, 1214
Roger Bacon
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Jan 1, 1215
william of Moerbeke
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Jan 1, 1220
Campanus of Novara
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Jan 1, 1225
Jordanus Nemorarius
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Apr 13, 1230
Witelo
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Jan 1, 1238
Yang Hui
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Apr 13, 1271
Guo Shouging
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Jan 1, 1380
Parameshvara
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Feb 6, 1465
Scipione del Ferro
Italian mathematician who first discovered a method to solve the depressed cubic equation. -
Jan 1, 1492
Adam Ries
Adam Ries is generally considered to be the "father of modern calculating". He decisively contributed to the recognition that Roman numerals are unwieldy in practice and to their replacement by the considerably more structured Arabic numerals to a large extent -
Jan 1, 1500
Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia
Tartaglia is perhaps best known today for his conflicts with Gerolamo Cardano. Cardano cajoled Tartaglia into revealing his solution to the cubic equations Known for solving cubic equations called Cardano-Tartaglia Formula -
Sep 24, 1501
Gerolamo Cardano
His gambling led him to formulate elementary rules in probability, making him one of the founders of the field. Cardano was the first mathematician to make systematic use of numbers less than zero He solution to one particular case of the cubic equation 0= ax^3+bx^2+c (in modern notation) -
Jan 1, 1502
Pedro Nunes
Nunes was considered to be one of the greatest mathematicians of his time. He is best known for his contributions in the technical field of navigation, He was the first to propose the idea of a loxodrome and was also the inventor of several measuring devices, including the nonius. Nunes also solved the problem of finding the day with the shortest twilight duration, for any given position, and its duration. -
Dec 9, 1508
Gemma Frisius
He created important globes, improved the mathematical instruments of his day and applied mathematics in new ways to surveying and navigation. -
Jan 1, 1512
Robert Recorde
He introduced the "equals" sign (=) in 1557. -
Feb 2, 1522
Lodovico Ferrari
Ferrari aided Cardano on his solutions for quadratic equations and cubic equations, and was mainly responsible for the solution of quartic equations that Cardano published. -
Jan 1, 1550
John Napier
Best known for:
- Logarithms
- Napier's bones
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Feb 15, 1564
Galileo Galilei
Been called the:
"father of modern observational astronomy",
"father of modern physics",
"father of science",
"the Father of Modern Science". Known for:
Kinematics
Dynamics
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René Descartes
Known for the Cartesian coordinate system and Cartesian dualism, He has been dubbed the 'Father of Modern Philosophy" Descartes was also one of the key figures in the Scientific Revolution. He is credited as the father of analytical geometry, the bridge between algebra and geometry, crucial to the discovery of infinitesimal calculus and analysis. -
Pierre de Fermat
An amateur mathematician who is given credit for early developments that led to infinitesimal calculus, including his adequality. He is recognized for his discovery of an original method of finding the greatest and the smallest ordinates of curved lines. He made notable contributions to analytic geometry, probability, and optics. He is best known for Fermat's Last Theorem. -
Blaise Pascal
He invented the mechanical calculator. Known for:
- Pascal's triangle
- Pascal's law
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Isaac Newton
Has been "considered by many to be the greatest and most influential scientist who ever lived." Known for:
Newtonian mechanics
Universal gravitation
Infinitesimal calculus
Optics
Binomial series
Newton's method
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Jacob Bernoulli
Was one of the many prominent mathematicians in the Bernoulli family. Bernoulli discovered the constant e by studying a question about compound interest Known for:
Bernoulli differential equation
Bernoulli numbers
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Guillaume de l'Hôpital
His name is firmly associated with l'Hôpital's rule for calculating limits involving indeterminate forms 0/0 and ∞/∞. Known for:
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Brook Taylor
English mathematician who is best known for Taylor's theorem and the Taylor series -
James Stirling
Best known for The Stirling numbers and Stirling's approximation -
Leonhard Euler
He made important discoveries in fields as diverse as infinitesimal calculus and graph theory. He also introduced much of the modern mathematical terminology and notation, particularly for mathematical analysis, such as the notion of a mathematical function Contributed to:
Mathematical Notation
Analysis
Number Theory
Graph Theory
Applied Mathematics
Physics and Astronomy
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Joseph Louis Lagrange
He made significant contributions to all fields of analysis, number theory, and classical and celestial mechanics. Known for Lagrange Theorem -
Pierre-Simon Laplace
He formulated Laplace's equation, and pioneered the Laplace transform The Laplacian differential operator, widely used in mathematics, is also named after him. -
Joseph Fourier
Best known for initiating the investigation of Fourier series and their applications to problems of heat transfer and vibrations. The Fourier transform and Fourier's Law are also named in his honour. Fourier is also generally credited with the discovery of the greenhouse effect. -
Augustin-Louis Cauchy
French mathematician who was an early pioneer of analysis. Started the project of formulating and proving the theorems of infinitesimal calculus in a rigorous manner, rejecting the heuristic principle of the generality of algebra exploited He defined continuity in terms of infinitesimals and gave several important theorems in complex analysis and initiated the study of permutation groups in abstract algebra. -
William Rowan Hamilton
Known for:
- Hamiltonian path
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Augustus De Morgan
He formulated De Morgan's laws and introduced the term mathematical induction, making its idea rigorous -
Pafnuty Chebyshev
Chebyshev is known for his work in the field of probability, statistics and number theory and The Bertrand–Chebyshev theorem -
Arthur Cayley
He postulated the Cayley–Hamilton theorem He was the first to define the concept of a group in the modern way like permutation group Known for Cayley Table or Theorem -
Oliver Heaviside
Invented mathematical techniques to the solution of differential equations (later found to be equivalent to Laplace transforms)
