History of Mathematics

Jacob Jacobi

A German mathematician who made fundamental contributing to elliptic functions, dynamics, Differential Equations, and number theory.

Al-Khwarizmi

Arab Mathematician who contributed gratefully in Algebra especially on Law of Exponents.

Al-Hassar

Arabic author used horizontal line strewn the dividend and divisor as we do today.

Hindus

Credited with the invention of zero.

De Moivre

Devise the formula for polar coordinate and complex numbers.

Archimedes

Devised the method of Exhaustion. First attempt to find the the value of pi.

Gabriel Cramer

Devised the method of solving linear equations through determinants.

Euclid

Famous author of the Elements which paved way in studying plans geometry.

Erathostenes

Famous for calculating Earth's circumference through shadows and devised the Sieve of Erathotenes, a traditional method for finding prone numbers by listing.

Albert Einstein

Famous for his E = mc²

August Cauchy

Famous in his studis in number theory and also compositional algebra who was famous in octonions, a type of normed division algebra that contains an e variable.

Appolonius

Famous on his studis on Conic Sections.

Aristotle

Father of Logic

Karl Theodor Weierstrass

Father of Modern Analysis; formalized the definition of continuity of a function; proved intermediate value theorem.

George Polya

Father of Modern Problem Solving.

Arthur Wynne

First crossword puzzle created.

Nikolai Lobachevsky & Bolyai

Founded the hyperbolic geometry.

Cladius Ptolemy

Geographer known for coefficients model and known for his theorem on diagonals of a cyclical quadrilateral and GEOCENTRIC MODEL.

David Hilbert

German mathematician who outlined 23 key unsolved problems in 1900

Brahmagupta

Gives first rules in dealing with ZERO 0⃣ as a number

Thales of Miletus

Greek philosopher who proved that triangle inscribed in a semi circle is a right triangle.

Georg Cantor

He introduced the set theory and some symbols for set theory.

Srinivasa Ramanujan

He was a genius in mathematics. He helped expand mathematical theory, particularly in continued fractions, infinite series, mathematical analysis, and number theory. He conducted mathematical research in seclusion.

Benoit Mandelbrot

Introduced FRACTALS, a geometric figure that exhibit self similarity.

Blaise Pascal

Introduced a special triangle for finding the coefficient of a binomial expansion.

Johann Rahn

Introduced division symbol ÷

Pythagoras

Introduced numerology, a type of horoscope according to numbers.

Thomas Harriot

Introduced symbols > and <

Lorentz

Introduced the Lorentz factor and Lorentz butterfly which serve as one of the models of chaos theory.

Jacob Bernoulli

Introduced the e symbol.

Babylonians

Introduced the first numeral system existed through out the history.

Carl Friedrich Gauss

Introduced the normal distribution, the congruence symbol or midlothian in number theory, a method of finding the echelon of a matrix.

Rene Descartes

Introduced the rectangular coordinate system ; known for symbol "vinculum"

Captain John Huddart

Inventor of protractor, an instrument in measuring angles.

William Oughtred

Inventor of slide rule and introduces multiplication rule. Introduces the symbol x for multiplication.

Hipparchus

Known as one who devised the trigonometric table using the chords of the circle.

Neils Abel

Known for his Abellian group that is used in number theory.

Henry Briggs

Known for his Brigssian Logarithm, a type of Logarithm having a base of 10.

Gino Fano

Known for his Fano plane: a prohibited plane having 7 points and 7 lines.

John Wallis

Known for his definite Integrals involving trigonometric derivatives.

Marin Mersenne

Known for his formula for finding prime which 2^(n-1) where n is a prime number.

Georg Friedrich Riemann

Known for his introduction of elliptical geometry.

Leonardo Fibonacci

Known for his sequence 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13,...

L' Hospital

Known for his special rule for limits.

Pappus

Known for his theorem on solid of revolutions.

Johannes Kepler

Known for the planetary motions ; concluded that the orbit of the planets are elliptical.

Pierre de Fermat

Known for theorem that x^n + y^n = z^n has no positive lyrics if n is greater or equal to 3.

Isaac Newton

One of the founders of calculus who devised the method of flicks and fluents.

Gottfried leibniz

One of the founders of calculus with Newton; invented the modern symbol for integration "S". Introduced the dot symbol for multiplication.

Arabs

One who contributed mostly in the field of Mathematics during medieval ages and one who spread the modern numeral system.

Diophantus

Regarded as the father of Algebra and wrote the book ARITHMETICA, an essential book for algebra.

Jacob Bernoulli

Swiss mathematician who developed the binomial experiment theory.

Christoff Rudolf

The first man who introduced the radical sign.

Simon Stevin

The most Ivor for our use of decimal. He wrote La Disme, the first book on the use of decimals.

John Napier

invented logarithms and decimal point notation

Carl Friedrich Gauss

is considered the "Prince of Mathematicians" for his extraordinary contributions to every major branch of mathematics. His Disquisitiones Arithmeticae systematized number theory and stated the fundamental theorem of arithmetic. He also proved the fundamental theorem of algebra, the law of quadratic reciprocity, and the prime number theorem. He may be most famous for the (possibly apocryphal) story of intuiting the formula for the summation of an arithmetic series when given the busywork task of adding the first 100 positive integers by his primary school teacher

Leonhard Euler

(1707-1783, Swiss) - known for his prolific output and the fact that he continued to produce seminal results even after going blind - He invented graph theory with the Seven Bridges of Königsberg problem and introduced the modern notation for e, the square root of -1 (i), and trigonometric functions -Richard Feynman called his proof that eiπ = -1 "the most beautiful equation in mathematics" because it linked four of math's most important constants.

William Rowan Hamilton

(1805-1865, Irish) is known for extending the notion of complex numbers to four dimensions by inventing the quaternions, a non-commutative field with six square roots of -1: ±i, ±j, and ±k with the property that ij = k, jk = i, and ki = j.