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This document provides information on 10 famous mathematicians: Alhazen, Archimedes, Daniel Bernoulli, Brahmagupta, René Descartes, Diophantus, Eratosthenes, Euclid, Eudoxus, and Leonhard Euler. It lists their names, dates of birth and death, and brief descriptions of their most important mathematical contributions and discoveries in fields like algebra, geometry, calculus, physics, and more.

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This document provides information on 10 famous mathematicians: Alhazen, Archimedes, Daniel Bernoulli, Brahmagupta, René Descartes, Diophantus, Eratosthenes, Euclid, Eudoxus, and Leonhard Euler. It lists their names, dates of birth and death, and brief descriptions of their most important mathematical contributions and discoveries in fields like algebra, geometry, calculus, physics, and more.

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PROJECT

IN
MATH
TO BE PASSED TO:
Teacher. ARLYN BANGAYAN
TEN FAMOUS MATHEMATICIANS

Alhazen c. 965 – c. 1040.


Discovered a general method to find the sum of any integral power and
hence the volume of a paraboloid; solved ‘Alhazen’s problem’ concerning
the reflection of light from curved surfaces.

Archimedes c. 287 BC – 212 BC.


Founded the sciences of mechanics and hydrostatics, calculated pi
precisely, devised the law of exponents, created new geometrical proofs,
invented numerous ingenious mechanical devices and more.

Daniel Bernoulli 1700 – 1782.


Discovered the Bernoulli Effect explaining how aircraft wings generate lift;
formulated a kinetic theory relating particle speeds in gases to temperature;
made major discoveries in the theory of risk.

Brahmagupta 597 – 668.


Established zero as a number and defined its mathematical properties;
discovered the formula for solving quadratic equations.

René Descartes 1596 – 1650.


One of the greatest philosophers of all time; advocate of skepticism in the
scientific method; creator of new mathematical ideas including the
independent founding of analytical geometry. Cartesian coordinates are
named in his honor.

Diophantus c. 210 – c. 295 AD.


Known as the father of algebra; solved hundreds of algebraic equations in
his great work Arithmetica; first to use algebraic notation and symbolism.

Eratosthenes c. 276 BC – c. 194 BC.


Devised the famous prime number sieve; accurately calculated Earth’s size
2,500 years ago; founded the science of geography.

Euclid c. 325 – c. 270 BC.


Authored the Elements, the most famous and most published mathematical
work in history; another great work, Optics, explained light’s behavior using
geometrical principles – the basis of artistic perspective, astronomical
methods, and navigation methods for more than two thousand years.

Eudoxus c. 400 — c. 347 BC.


Created the first mathematical model of the universe; produced the first
rigorous definition of real numbers; developed the method of exhaustion and
used it to prove the formulas for cone and pyramid volumes.

Leonhard Euler 1707 – 1783.


Published more mathematics than any other single mathematician, much of
it groundbreaking. An astonishing fraction of the total research work in
mathematics and the physical sciences between 1730 and 1780 was carried
out solely by Euler.

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