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- Names are listed alphetically or by date, from 1680 BC to the present.

- "... the reality which scientific thought is seeking must be expressible in mathematical terms, mathematics being the most precise and definite kind of thinking of which we are capable."
- One of the all-time greats, Gauss began to show his mathematical brilliance at the early age of seven. He is usually credited with the first proof of The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra.
- (Catholic Encyclopedia) Theory of polyhedra, symmetrical functions, proof of a theorem of Fermat which had baffled mathematicians like Gauss and Euler.
- Discusses this early Grecian's discoveries in finding a good approximation of the circumference of the earth, the tilt angle of our planet and a tool for finding prime numbers. Page includes biographical information.
- Biography and pictures of the most important mathematician of the Middle Ages.
- study of CONTINUITY and definition of the real numbers in terms of Dedekind "cuts", the nature of number and mathematical induction, definition of finite and infinite sets; algebraic number fields, concept of RINGS.
- Gives information about the techniques and computations used by this ancient mathematician to find the circumference of the earth. Includes sample sketch and reconstructed map of the world.
- Gauss' Biography, Formulae, properties, Gauss' Life in Charts, Quotes, Doing a report on Gauss?, Works Cited List
- Best known for the invention of an early form of the slide rule.
- Life and work of 19th century mathematician and philosopher of mathematics; by Ivor Grattan-Guinness and Alison Walsh.
- Worked on algebra and number theory, gave a table of factors of all integers up to 100000 in 1668. Pell's equation is y^2 = ax^2 + 1, where a is a non-square integer.
- Worked on trigonometric series, set theory, integration analysis, constructive logic, topology, approximation methods, probability, statistics, random processes, information theory, dynamical systems, algorithms, celestial mechanics, Hilbert's 13th probl
- Cauchy contributed to almost every branch of mathematics. He is probably best known for his important contributions to real and complex analysis.
- Most important work considered the basic properties of fluid flow, pressure, density and velocity, and gave their fundamental relationship now known as Bernoulli's principle.
- Galois theory, a branch of mathematics dealing with the general solution of equations, group theory, method of determining when a general equation could be solved by radicals, solved many long-standing unanswered questions.
- From `A Short Account of the History of Mathematics' (4th edition, 1908) by W. W. Rouse Ball.
- His names, mathematical contributions, Introducing the decimal number system into Europe, Fibonacci Series.
- Links relating to Alexandre Groethendieck.
- Collection of original papers of Berkeley, Hamilton, Riemann, Boole, Cantor, and Newton. Includes background and notes. Maintained by David R. Wilkins from Trinity College, Dublin
- Catalogued stars, predicted a planet beyond Uranus as well as the existence of dark stars, investigated Johann Kepler's problem of heliocentricity, and systematized the mathematical functions involved, which now bear his name.
- In a memoir in 1768 on transcendental magnitudes he proved that pi is incommensurable.
- Best known for his work on determinants, made contributions to the study of algebraic curves.
- Includes personal biography, explanation of his theory and related links.
- Work on prime numbers included the determination of the number of primes not exceeding a given number, wrote an important book on the theory of congruences, proved that there was always at least one prime between n and 2n for n > 3.
- Aims to make publicly available (and in some cases translate) the material written by and about Alexandre Grothendieck.
- (Encyclopedia.com) Greek mathematician, physicist, and inventor.
- The most prominent twentieth-century mathematician.
- Baron, mathematical physicist, French Revolution, a teacher, a secret policeman, a political prisoner, governor of Egypt, The Analytic Theory of Heat
- Proved that in any arithmetic progression with first term coprime to the difference there are infinitely many primes, units in algebraic number theory, ideals, proposed the modern definition of a function.
- Life and work of Leonardo of Pisa, by Dr. Peter Reimers.
- Zermelo in 1908 was the first to attempt an axiomatisation of set theory
- Helped to resolve the controversy in mathematical physics over the conservation of kinetic energy by improving Newton's definition of force.
- Biography in the St Andres archive.
- Explains the published paper called Ausdehnungslehre, which translates to "Theory of Extension". The purpose is to create a universal type of geometric calculus. This development is used in linear and non-linear algebra, today.
- Best known for his Arithmetica, a work on the theory of numbers, a collection of 130 problems giving numerical solutions of determinate equations.
- Norwegian mathematician. Worked on elliptic functions and integrals, algebraic solution of equations and solubility by radicals.
- Main research was functional analysis, doctorate was obtained under Hilbert's supervision, main interest was in integral equations and Hilbert space, best remembered for the Gram-Schmidt orthogonalisation process.
- Provides a biography and cultural background, as well as details about his discoveries. Page includes photos and a timeline.
- Gives information on background and contributions to non-euclidean geometry, spherical trigonometry, number theory and the field of statics. Was an important translator of Greek materials, including Euclid's Elements, during the Middle Ages.
- On-going project by students in mathematics classes at Agnes Scott College, in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Claudius (Ptolemaues) Ptolemy (c. 87-150), one of the most infuential Greek astronomers, geographers and mathematicians.

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