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		Fermat ^Votes:0 Born: August 17, 1601 in Beaumont-de-Lomagne, France Died: January 12, 1665 in Castres, France Short Biography Pierre de Fermat was a seventeenth-century French mathematician who made important discoveries in number theory. He also worked on optics and the theory of probability. Fermat also made some contributions to calculus. Pierre de Fermats father was a wealthy leather merchant and the second consul of his hometown, Beaumont-de-Lomagne. Pierre began his education at the Franciscan convent of the Cordeliers in Beaumont. He then went to study with the Jesuits. After attending the University of Toulouse, he moved to Bordeau. Fermat used Francois Vietes algebra to restore Apollonius of Pergas Plane loci . The restored work was renamed Method for determining Maxima and Min Read More Go to Site


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		Fourier ^Votes:0 Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier March 21 1768 - May 16 1830 Born Auxerre, France. Died Paris, France. Welcome page The World Great Mathematician Fourier studied the mathematical theory of heat conduction. He established the partial differential equation governing heat diffusion and solved it by using infinite series of trigonometric functions. Fourier trained for the priesthood but did not take his vows. Instead took up mathematics studying (1794) and later teaching mathematics at the new Eacute;cole Normale. In 1798 he joined Napoleon's army in its invasion of Egypt as scientific advisor. He helped establish educational facilities in Egypt and carried out archaeological explorations. He returned to France in 1801 and was appointed prefect of the department of Isere by Napoleon. He published Read More Go to Site

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		Fourth Dimension Writings, C. H. Hinton, 1884-1907 ^Votes:0 Next> \| <Prev \| ^ToC \| /Search/ \| !Warn! \| ?Help? Charles H. Hinton (1853-1907) invented a gun used in baseball batting practice. [ Harper's Weekly, Mar. 20, 1897, 301-2.] He is also known for his speculations on the fourth dimension. He married a daughter of logican George Boole, but was forced to leave England after a bigamy conviction. An instructor of mathematics at Princeton (fired) and assistant professor at Minnesota, he served at the Naval Observatory and as patent examiner in Washington. There he died suddenly when asked to give a toast to "female philosophers" at the Society of Philanthropic Inquiry meeting. Fourth Dimension Writings What Is the Fourth Dimension? (1884) [59KB] A Plane World (1884) [39KB] A Picture of Our Universe (1884) [39KB] Many Dimensions (188 Read More Go to Site

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		Gauss ^Votes:0 Born: Apr. 30, 1777 in Brunswick, Duchy of Brunswick (now Germany) Died: Feb 23, 1855 in Gottingen, Hanover (now Germany) Short Biography Carl Gauss studied mathematics when he was very young. When he was in school, his teacher wanted the class to add up all the numbers from one to one hundred. Carl finished in less than ten seconds because he had figured out the formula on his own! While attending Caroline College (1792-95), Gauss discovered the least-squares method and a hypothesis on the distribution of prime numbers among all numbers. In 1896, Jacques Hadamard proved the hypothesis. During this time, Gauss did not have access to a good library on mathematics and as a result rediscovered many accepted theorems. In 1795, when he went to Gottingen with its excellent library, Gauss discove Read More Go to Site

		Gauss ^Votes:0 Carl Friedrich Gauss April 30 1777 - Feb 23 1855 Born Brunswick, Germany. Died GÖttingen, Germany. Welcome page The World Great Mathematicians Gauss's dissertation gave the first proof of the fundamental theorem of algebra. At the age of 24 he published his theory of numbers, one of the most brilliant achievements in the history of mathematics. A child prodigy, Gauss taught himself to read and to count by the age of three. Recognising Gauss's talent, the Duke of Brunswick in 1792 provided him with money to allow him to pursue his education. He attended Caroline College from 1792 to 1795 and at this time Gauss formulated the least-squares method and a conjecture on the distribution of primes. This conjecture was proved by Jacques Hadamard in 1896. In 1795 Gauss went to GÖttingen where he di Read More Go to Site

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		Henri DARMON's brief intro to Fermat ^Votes:0 Pierre de Fermat F rench mathematician. Born in Beaumont-de-Lomagne, near Toulouse, on Aug. 20, 1601. He studied at the University of Toulouse and then at the University of OrlÉans, where he received a law degree. Fermat pursued many activities in addition to his profession as a lawyer and legislator in Toulouse. He enjoyed some reputation as a classicist and poet but devoted most of his spare time to mathematics, the field in which he earned lasting renown. He died in Castre, France on Jan. 12, 1665. Fermat's Last Theorem asserts that the equation x n + y n = z n has no solution in the rational integers for n>2. For n=1 or 2 the equation has infinite sets of solutions. Fermat himself outlined a proof for the case n=4. A general proof for n>2 was found by Andrew Wiles. Read More Go to Site

		Hilbert ^Votes:0 David Hilbert Jan 23 1862 - Feb 14 1943 Born KÖnigsberg, Germany (now Kaliningrad, Russia). Died GÖttingen, Germany. Welcome page The World Great Mathematicians Hilbert received his Ph.D. from the University of KÖnigsberg and was a member of staff there from 1886 to 1895 In 1895 he was appointed to the chair of mathematics at the University of GÖttingen, where he continued to teach for the rest of his life. Hilbert's first work was on invariant theory, in 1888 he proved his famous Basis Theorem. First he gave an existence proof but, after Cayley, Gordan, Lindemann and others were baffled, in 1892 Hilbert produced a constructive proof which satisfied everyone. In 1893 while still at KÖnigsberg he began a work "Zahlbericht" on algebraic number theory. The "Zahlbericht" (1 Read More Go to Site

		Hypatia of Alexandria ^Votes:0 Hypatia of Alexandria Mathematician, Astronomer, and Philosopher (d. 415 C.E.) Hypatia was a mathematician, astronomer, and Platonic philosopher. According to the Byzantine encyclopedia The Suda , her father Theon was the last head of the Museum at Alexandria. Hypatia's prominence was accentuated by the fact that she was both female and pagan in an increasingly Christian environment. Shortly before her death, Cyril was made the Christian bishop of Alexandria, and a conflict arose between Cyril and the prefect Orestes. Orestes was disliked by some Christians and was a friend of Hypatia, and rumors started that Hypatia was to blame for the conflict. In the spring of 415 C.E., the situation reached a tragic conclusion when a band of Christian monks seized Hypatia on the street, beat her, and Read More Go to Site

		Jacobi ^Votes:0 Karl Gustav Jacob Jacobi Dec 10 1804 - Feb 18 1851 Born Potsdam, Germany. Died Berlin, Germany. Welcome page The World Great Mathematicians Jacobi founded the theory of elliptic functions. Jacobi's father was a banker and his family were prosperous so he received a good education at the University of Berlin. He obtained his Ph.D. in 1825 and taught mathematics at the University of KÖnigsberg from 1826 until his death, being appointed to a chair in 1832. He founded the theory of elliptic functions based on four theta functions. His "Fundamenta nova theoria functionum ellipticarum" in 1829 and its later supplements made basic contributions to the theory of elliptic functions. In 1834 Jacobi proved that if a single-valued function of one variable is doubly periodic then the ratio of Read More Go to Site

		The Galileo Project ^Votes:0 Quick Link to.... Maria Celeste: Galileo's Daughter Awards and Recognition Lesson Plans News and Announcements Other Resources Galileo's Biography Site Map Featuring Maria Celeste: Galileo's Daughter The Galileo Project is a source of information on the life and work of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642). Our aim is to provide hypertextual information about Galileo and the science of his time to viewers of all ages and levels of expertise. What you read and see here is a beginning -- we will continue to add and update information as it becomes available. We solicit contributions from our colleagues in the history of science and comments on how we can improve the project from everyone, particularly suggestions on how to make this tool more useful in primary and secondary education. This project is Read More Go to Site

		Thomas Hariot (1560-1621) ^Votes:0 Thomas Hariot (1560-1621) Thomas Hariot, 1602. Notes on the Portrait . The Life of Thomas Hariot The Works of Thomas Hariot Essays on Hariot Additional Sources Hariot in the Bookstore to Renaissance English Literature Site copyright ©1996-2007 Anniina Jokinen . All Rights Reserved. Created by Anniina Jokinen on June 13, 1996. Last updated on January 13, 2007. Music: "Three Fugues" by CAMPION , Thomas (1567-1620); English. Sequenced by D.Lovell. From Classical MIDI Archives: Early Music . Read More Go to Site

		Thomas Hariot and the Test of Truth ^Votes:0 The Credit of Truth: Thomas Hariot and the Defense of Ralegh In 1590, Flemish engraver and publisher Theodor de Bry produced an elaborate and popular folio edition of Thomas Hariot's A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia. Hariot's Report had two years before been printed in quarto; for the 1590 folio some thirty of De Bry's engravings were included, all adapted from the original drawings of John White, who had been assigned the task of sketching Ralegh's Virginia. The folio was printed in four languages--English, French, Latin, and German- with additional text, presumably by Hariot, provided for the engravings. At the time, the folio was the most elaborate depiction of the new world available, and served as the foundation for de Bry's series, America. 1 Today the Hario Read More Go to Site

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