People
Born in Samos, Greece. Became popular for the Pythagorean Theorem. He traveled to many places to study math and laws. When to Italy to found a school and have freedom from politics.
Who is Pythagoras?
This library translated many books in many languages. Destruction due to the Mongol invasion of Baghdad and the books were thrown in the Tigris river.
What is the House of Wisdom?
Wrote about the geometry of Exodus. The Elements 1570 has different elements of geometry that Euclid talked about.
Who is Euclid?
A clay tablet from the Babylonian culture from about 1800 BCE. May be listing Pythagorean Triples.
What is Plimpton 322?
After studying in Alexandria he chased a life of thought and invention. Archimedes Screw and the Defense of Syracuse.
Who is Archemedes?
This book has 246 problems that are examples of geometric, arithmetic, etc. applications. Shows Liu Hui’s approximation of pi.
What is the Nine Chapters on Mathematical Arts?
First women to obtain a doctorate in mathematics. Earns a lifetime of professorship at the University of Stockholm.
Who is Sofia Kovalevskai?
Were a compilation of important mathematical works. This became the primary source for people to learn math. Two of the cannons in this work are Zhoubi suanjing and the Jiuzhang shanshu.
What is the Ten Computational Cannons?
1792-1856. Known for his work on Hyperbolic geometry.
Who is Nikolai Lobachevsky?
Was written in about 1650 BCE by a scribe called Ahmes, and contains arithmetic, geometry problems of pyramids, and various other types of problems.
What is the Ahmes Papyrus?