Journey Through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics Quiz

William Dunham (mathematician)


Directions: Click on the correct answer.

Questions 1-5 of 25:


What did Dunham describe about the following series 1 + 2 + 3 + 4. . .? (from The Bernoullis and the Harmonic Series)


Which of the following can not be solved using algebra? (from Cardano and the Solution of the Cubic)


What is true about real numbers between 0 and 1? (from The Non-Denumerability of the Continuum)


What did Cantor's cardinal numbers represent? (from Cantor and the Transfinite Realm)


Which of the following is true about pi, as described by Dunham. (from Archimedes' Determination of Circular Area)

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