Famous Mathematicians
Famous Mathematicians
The greatest mathematicians of ancient era,
Archimedes made phenomenal contribution in the field of mathematics. His
works include integral calculus studies and finding various computation
techniques to determine volume and area of several shapes including the
conic section.
Aryabhatta,
the greatest Indian mathematician of ancient era, has been famous for
his mathematical works and theorems on astronomical bodies that have
been found to be very accurate in terms of modern calculations.
"Aryabhatiya", his only work to have survived has given the world
innumerable theorems and research subjects. His two other major
contributions are the, introduction of zero to the world and calculating
the approximate value of pie. His works are also spread in fields like
include algebra, arithmetic, trigonometry, quadratic equations and the
sine table.
The French philosopher and
mathematician, Rene Descartes was famous for his method of expressing
geometric shapes in the form of algebraic equation. It was because of
Rene Descartes that we got introduced to the beautiful branch of
co-ordinate geometry. The Cartesian coordinates, in fact, refer to his
name. Besides this Rene made valuable contributions in the field of
optics and energy conservation..
Carl
F. Gauss, a German mathematician, known as Princeps mathematicorum
meaning, "the Prince of Mathematicians" or "the foremost of
mathematicians" was a child prodigy and a genius. Even as a teenager, he
is believed to have made remarkable mathematical contributions. Carl F.
Gauss made path breaking contributions in fields like set theory,
statistics, differential analysis, geophysics, electrostatics, number
theory and astronomy. He proved the fundamental theorem of Algebra and
made various contribution in number theory.
Sir
Isaac Newton was one of the greatest mathematician and physicist, the
world has ever produced. His contributions in mathematics are spread in
almost every field. However, he developed Calculus, both differential
and integral, that are, still the most important aspects of higher
mathematics. Using Calculus, he made it easier to find the area bounded
by closed curves. In physics, his most famous and world changing
contribution was the discovery of existence of gravitation force in our
surrounding.
The Greek
mathematician and philosopher, known as the 'father of numbers', is
famous for the discovery of Pythagorean theorem formula, which states
that in a right angled triangle, the square of the hypotenuse (z), is
equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides, x and y - that
is, x2 + y2 = z2.
A child prodigy, a watch
designer and a mathematician, Bannerker discovered many puzzles in
fields of trigonometry. He was a genius in logarithms and used them
extensively in trigonometry. He is still regarded as the most popular
black mathematician.
The Hungarian-American
mathematician, physicist, John made valuable contribution in several
fields like set theory, functional analysis, quantum mechanics, ergodic
theory, continuous geometry and statistics. His operator theory in
mechanics is still regarded as one of his most pioneering works. He was
also a key figure in the development of game theory.
The scientific world was amused
by the Einstein's theory of relativity. Although Albert Einstein was
physicist, his applied mathematical theorems to reach to apt
conclusions. Known as "father of Physics", he can be best described as a
mathematical physicist. He also won the Nobel Prize in 1921 for his
contributions to physics and the discovery of law of photoelectric
effect.
By : Nur Alyaa Syahida
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