FAMOUS MATHEMATICIANS BY: KATIE BYRD

Aryabhatta Born in India.

Aryabhatta Known as the “Father of Algebra” While Europe was in the Dark Ages Aryabhatta advanced arithmetic's, algebra, elementary analysis, and trigonometry. Only using the decimal system. Came up with the consistent “E”

Aryabhatta Biggest famous accomplishment in mathematics was the Aryabhatta Algorithm

Aryabhatta Aryabhatta used π ≈ Though it is possible he borrowed it from Liu Hui of China they were never really for sure. Another theorem Aryabhatta used was the Σ (k3) = (Σ k)2

Galileo Galilei Born in Italy.

Galileo Galilei He was a great inventor. Galileo developed a new type of pump, and the best telescope, thermometer, hydrostatic balance, and cannon sector of his day.

Galileo Galilei Galileo is often called the "Father of Modern Science“. He gain his nick name because of his emphasis on experimentation.

Galileo Galilei Galileo discovered the laws of inertia, and the pendulum. Galileo once wrote "Mathematics is the language in which God has written the universe”

Maria Gaetana Agnesi 1718 – 1799 Maria Gaetana Agnesi was born in Milan.

Maria Gaetana Agnesi She was recognized as a child prodigy very early on in her life. Maria Gaetana Agnesi was born in Milan on May 16, 1718, to a wealthy and literate family. She was the oldest of the 21 children that her father, a rich merchant, had with his three wives.

Maria Gaetana Agnesi Maria Gaetana Agnesi is best known from the curve called the Witch of Agnesi. Agnesi wrote the equation of this curve in the form y = a*sqrt(a*x-x*x)/x because she considered the x-axis to be the vertical axis and the y-axis to be the horizontal axis.

Maria Gaetana Agnesi Maria wrote a book for her brothers called Analytical Institutions it gave a clear summary of the state of knowledge in mathematical analysis. The first section of Analytical Institutions deals with the analysis of finite quantities. Also with elementary problems of maxima, minima, tangents, and inflection points. The second section discusses the analysis of infinitely small quantities. The third section is about integral calculus and gives a general discussion of the state of the knowledge. The last section deals with the inverse method of tangents and differential equations

QUOTES We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves. - Galileo Galilei We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers. -Galileo Galilei

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