Famous Mathematicians
This Greek guy has got the most proved result in mathematics named after him.
(Hint: it's about a right triangle, and has to do with the squares of the side lengths)
Who was Pythagoras?
The integer closest to √2024.
45
The ratio of an area of a circle to the square of half its diameter.
What is pi?
The value of 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 - 2 - 4 - 6 - 8 + 9 + 11 + 13 + 15 - 10 - 12 - 14 - 16
What is -8?
His book, the “Elements," formed the foundations for a system of geometry that's still being taught today.
Hint: it's ------ean geometry.
(Six letters)
Who was Euclid?
The fifth Fibonacci number.
What is 5?
What is 84?
The number of digits in 10!
What is 7?
This Indian mathematician came up with a crazy number of formulas “out of nowhere," without any formal training. He got his Bachelor's from Cambridge under G.H. Hardy, but died a tragic early death.
Who was Ramanujan?
The largest prime integer that's one less than a perfect square.
The square root of a^2 + 4ab + 4b^2 is a + (this number) * b.
What is 2?
The greatest integer less than 100007 • pi.
What is 314181?
The “Prince of Mathematicians," this German dude proved the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra and has an entire number system named after him.
(5 letters)
Who was Carl Friedrich Gauss?
The smallest perfect number (a perfect number is an integer that's equal to the sum of its proper divisors).
What is (n + 1)/2?
The least positive integer with at least 12 divisors.
What is 60?
Called the "most important woman in the history of mathematics," she revolutionized the theory of rings, fields, and abstract algebra.
(Seven letters)
Who was Emmy Noether?
The value of √(1 + √(1 + √(1 + √(1 + ...)))))
What is phi (the golden ratio)?
Brahmagupta's Formula allows for the calculation of the area of a cyclic quadrilateral in terms of *this characteristic* and the side lengths of the quadrilateral.
(Hint: 1/2)
What is the semiperimeter?
The value of log_3(log_3(9^(log_3(√3))))