LET REVIEW - MATHEMATICIANS

Who is known as the Father of Computing for his work on the Difference Engine?

The Richter Scale is used to rate the magnitude of an earthquake, is the amount of energy released during an earthquake.

A French lawyer and government official most remembered for his work in number theory.

The greatest "could-have-been" in the history of mathematics. "Treatise on the Arithmetical Triangle"

He acknowledge existence of imaginary numbers and wrote the Ars Magna.

The equals sign (=) was invented in 1557 by a Welsh mathematician named

He solved the problem on how to hang wights on the rope so that it hung in a parabolic shape and showed the fallacy.

A mathematician who invented an analytical machine that can tabulate values of any function and print the results.

He invented a method of determining the optimal values of a linear function subject to certain constraints.

He invented a new, non-Greek way of doing geometry, now called "Projective" or "modern geometry".

He introduced the first systematic algebraic notation in his book in Artem analytical isagoge.

He introduced the term pole in Projective Geometry and one of the proponents in the theory of Polar Correspondence.

He invented a type of coordinate geometry by finding the local equivalence between tabulating values and graphing them.

Inventor of slide rule and introduce the multiplication symbol.

A function as a relation between two variables x and y such that "to some value of X at any rate correspond values of y"

A Greek mathematician who remembered for his prime number sieve

He wrote the memoir on definite integrals that later became the basis of his theory of complex functions.

Known as the father of modern analysis, contributed to the theory of periodic functions, Abelian and elliptic functions.

He introduced the "Law of Large Numbers" in his (The Art of Conjecture).

He was the writer of set theory and was first to appreciate the value of one-to-one correspondence for set theory.

He is known for his introduction of Fano plane, a Projective plane having 7 points and 7 lines.

A student of Tycho Brahe who devised the three planetary laws and concluded that the orbit of the planets are elliptical

He introduced the term polar in Projective Geometry and one of the proponents in the theory of Polar Correspondence.

He was known for his geocentric model and known for his theorem on the diagonals of a cyclical quadrilateral.

He invented logarithms,popular in the used of decimals and introduced a multiplication tool using a set of numbered rods

He proved his famous Basis Theorem as he worked on invariant theory and his famous speech The Problems of Mathematics.

Began the algebra oflogic by approaching logic in a new way,reduce to a simple algebra and incorporating logic into math

He attached to a wide variety of ideas such as integral, equation in potential theory, brackets in differential equation

He developed the basic notations of his version of the Calculus and perfected system of arithmetic.

He is the proponent of the common logarithms.

He was remembered for his formula for (cosx + isinx)^n,which was important in the early development of theory of complex

He gave the basis for applying the theory of probability to statistical data, worked on no. of prime numbers.

German Mathematician often cited as the "Father of Modern Analysis".

He developed geometry without Euclid's fifth postulate and whose achievement exhibits the dev. of non-Euclidian geometry

The first to show that ellipses,parabolas,and hyperbolas are obtained by cutting a cone in a plane.

Who published a treatise on trigonometry which contains the earliest use of our abbreviation: sin, tan, sec?

He proved the Fermat's last theorem.

Enunciated the principles of the Calculus of variations and became a lecturer in the Royal ArtillerySchool at the age 19

Today the decibel is being used to measure sound volume in general. The original unit name decided upon was Bel.

He did notable work in geometry,particularly studying higher plane curves.

The German Mathematician who first to introduce the radical sign.

At the age of 7,he is reported to have amazed his teachers by summing the integers from 1 to 100 almost instantly.

He was credited for solving one of the outstanding ancient problems of mathematics, cubic equations.

Principle"the volumes of two objects are equal if the areas of their corresponding cross sections are in all cases equal

He wrote the Triangulis Omnimodis, a systematic account of methods for solving triangles and contributions to trigo.

This mathematician is regarded as the "the revolutionary mathematician" of her times.

He made contributions to the sciences of motion,astronomy,and strength of materials and to the scientific method.

He formulate a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe?

He was honoured by having the Cartesian Coordinate System. His rule of signs is also a commonly used method in math.

He devised the method of solving linear equations through determinants.