Famous Mathematicians Click the arrow to continue! Miss Donnelly’s Class Grade 12 History of Mathematics

Click a Person to Learn More About Them Isaac Newton Archimedes Carl Gauss Leonhard Euler Bernhard Riemann When finished learning about the mathematicians click the question mark to take the quiz . Euclid Henri Poncaré J.L. Lagrange

Isaac Newton From – England Time Period – (1642-1727) Click the house to learn about other mathematicians From – England Time Period – (1642-1727) Contribution to Mathematics – Calculus (differentiation, integration) Fun Fact – Became a mathematics professor at the age of 26.

Archimedes From – Italy Time Period – 287 BC – 212 BC Click the house to learn about other mathematicians From – Italy Time Period – 287 BC – 212 BC Contribution to Mathematics – Geometry (proofs, areas, volumes) Fun Fact – Most proud of discovering the volume of the sphere.

Carl Gauss From – Germany Time Period – 1777 – 1855 Click the house to learn about other mathematicians From – Germany Time Period – 1777 – 1855 Contribution to Mathematics – The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra Fun Fact – Refused to publish theories unless they were absolutely perfect.

Leonhard Euler From – Switzerland Time Period – 1707-1783 Click the house to learn about other mathematicians From – Switzerland Time Period – 1707-1783 Contribution to Mathematics – Euler’s theorem, Euler’s formula (calculus) Fun Fact – Could recite the entire Aeneid word-for-word.

Bernhard Riemann From – Germany Time Period – 1826 - 1866 Click the house to learn about other mathematicians From – Germany Time Period – 1826 - 1866 Contribution to Mathematics – Geometry of space, Riemann integral Fun Fact – Was a pupil of Carl Gauss.

Euclid From – Egypt Time Period – 350 BC – 265 BC Contribution to Mathematics – Writing the principles of geometry The Elements Fun Fact – Unknown birth and death place.

Henri Poincare From – France Time Period – !854 - 1912 Contribution to Mathematics – Formulated the Poincaré conjecture Fun Fact – Considered to be one of the founders of topology.

J.L. Lagrange From – Italy Time Period – 1736 - 1813 Contribution to Mathematics – calculus of variations, solution of polynomial equations and power series and functions Fun Fact – His father wanted him to become a lawyer.

Who was a pupil of Carl Gauss??? A) J.L. Lagrange B) Isaac Newton C) Bernhard Riemann

Click the question mark to return to the question Try Again! J.L. Lagrange and Carl Gauss were from the same time period. Lagrange was an Italian Mathematician while Gauss was from Germany. Click the question mark to return to the question

Isaac Newton was around long before Carl Gauss was a mathematician. Try Again! Isaac Newton was around long before Carl Gauss was a mathematician.

Correct! Bernhard Riemann was a pupil of Carl Gauss! Click the check mark to continue.

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