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Carl Friedrich Gauss

Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss  (/ɡs/GermanGaußpronounced [ɡaʊs] ( listen)LatinCarolus Fridericus Gauss) (30 April 1777 – 23 February 1855) was a German mathematician and physical scientist who contributed significantly to many fields, including number theory,  algebra,  statistics,  analysis,  differential geometry,  geodesy,  geophysics,  electrostatics,  astronomy and optics.

Sometimes referred to as the Princeps mathematicorum[1] (Latin, “the Prince of Mathematicians” or “the foremost of mathematicians”) and “greatest mathematician since antiquity”, Gauss had a remarkable influence in many fields of mathematics and science and is ranked as one of history’s most influential mathematicians.[2] He referred to mathematics as “the queen of sciences”.

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Euclid of Alexandria

Euclid (/ˈjuːklɪd/ ewk-lidAncient Greek: Εὐκλείδης Eukleidēs), fl. 300 BC, also known as Euclid of Alexandria, was a Greek mathematician, often referred to as the “Father of Geometry”. He was active in Alexandria during the reign of Ptolemy I (323–283 BC). His Elements is one of the most influential works in the history of mathematics, serving as the main textbook for teaching mathematics(especially geometry) from the time of its publication until the late 19th or early 20th century.[1][2][3] In the Elements, Euclid deduced the principles of what is now called Euclidean geometry from a small set of axioms. Euclid also wrote works on perspectiveconic sections,spherical geometrynumber theory and rigor.”Euclid” is the anglicized version of the Greek name Εὐκλείδης, meaning “Good Glory”.

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Pierre de FermatPierre de Fermat (French: [pjɛːʁ dəfɛʁma]; 17[2] August 1601 or 1607[3] – 12 January 1665) was a French lawyer at the Parlement ofToulouseFrance, and an amateur mathematician who is given credit for early developments that led to infinitesimal calculus, including his technique of adequality. In particular, he is recognized for his discovery of an original method of finding the greatest and the smallestordinates of curved lines, which is analogous to that of the differential calculus, then unknown, and his research into number theory. He made notable contributions to analytic geometryprobability, and optics. He is best known for Fermat’s Last Theorem, which he described in a note at the margin of a copy of Diophantus‘ Arithmetica.

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220px-Leonhard_Euler_2Leonhard Euler (/ˈɔɪlər/ oyl-ər;[2] German pronunciation: [ˈɔʏlɐ] ( listen)local pronunciation: [ˈɔɪlr̩] ( listen); 15 April 1707 – 18 September 1783) was a pioneering Swiss mathematician and physicist. 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.[3] He is also renowned for his work in mechanicsfluid dynamicsoptics, andastronomy. Euler spent most of his adult life in St. PetersburgRussia, and in BerlinPrussia. He is considered to be the pre-eminent mathematician of the 18th century, and one of the greatest mathematicians ever to have lived. He is also one of the most prolific mathematicians ever; his collected works fill 60–80 quarto volumes.[4] A statement attributed to Pierre-Simon Laplaceexpresses Euler’s influence on mathematics: “Read Euler, read Euler, he is the master of us all.”[5]

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David HilbertForMemRS[2] (German: [ˈdaːvɪt ˈhɪlbɐt]; January 23, 1862 – February 14, 1943) was a German mathematician. He is recognized as one of the most influential and universal mathematicians of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Hilbert discovered and developed a broad range of fundamental ideas in many areas, including invariant theory and the axiomatization of geometry. He also formulated the theory of Hilbert spaces,[3] one of the foundations offunctional analysis.

Hilbert adopted and warmly defended Georg Cantor‘s set theory and transfinite numbers. A famous example of his leadership in mathematics is his 1900 presentation of a collection of problems that set the course for much of the mathematical research of the 20th century.


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Archimedes of Syracuse (GreekἈρχιμήδηςc. 287 BC – c. 212 BC) was a Greekmathematicianphysicistengineerinventor, andastronomer.[1] Although few details of his life are known, he is regarded as one of the leading scientists in classical antiquity. Among his advances in physics are the foundations of hydrostaticsstatics and an explanation of the principle of the lever. He is credited with designing innovative machines, including siege engines and the screw pump that bears his name. Modern experiments have tested claims that Archimedes designed machines capable of lifting attacking ships out of the water and setting ships on fire using an array of mirrors.[2]




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