Miss Donnelly’s Class
Grade 12
History of Mathematics
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Isaac Newton
Archimedes
Carl Gauss
Leonhard Euler Bernhard Riemann
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Euclid
Henri Poncaré
J.L. Lagrange
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From – England
Time Period – (16421727)
Contribution to
Mathematics –
Calculus
(differentiation,
integration)
Fun Fact – Became a
mathematics
professor at the age
of 26.
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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.
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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.
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From – Switzerland
Time Period – 17071783
Contribution to
Mathematics – Euler’s
theorem, Euler’s
formula (calculus)
Fun Fact – Could recite
the entire Aeneid
word-for-word.
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From – Germany
Time Period – 1826 1866
Contribution to
Mathematics –
Geometry of space,
Riemann integral
Fun Fact – Was a
pupil of Carl Gauss.
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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.
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From – France
Time Period – !854 1912
Contribution to
Mathematics –
Formulated the
Poincaré conjecture
Fun Fact – Considered
to be one of the
founders of topology.
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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.
A) J.L. Lagrange
B) Isaac Newton
C) Bernhard Riemann
J.L. Lagrange and Carl Gauss
were from the same time period.
Lagrange was an Italian
Mathematician while Gauss was
from Germany.
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Isaac Newton was around long
before Carl Gauss was a
mathematician.
Bernhard Riemann was a
pupil of Carl Gauss!
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