Ancient & Classical
This man is famous for his theorem about right-angled triangles: a2 + b2 = c2.
Pythagoras
This Italian mathematician introduced the Hindu-Arabic numeral system to Europe in his book "Liber Abaci"
Leonardo Fibonacci
Often called the first computer programmer, she wrote the first algorithm for Babbage's Analytical Engine.
Ada Lovelace
Known as the "Copernicus of Geometry," he created Non-Euclidean geometry.
Nikolai Lobachevsky
He shouted "Eureka!" when he discovered how to measure volume and estimated the value of Pi.
Archimedes
A Persian polymath who gave the name to "Algebra" and "Algorithm."
Al-Khwarizmi
The first woman to become a professor of mathematics in Northern Europe, known for her work on differential equations.
Sofia Kovalevskaya
A Soviet genius who made fundamental contributions to probability theory and topology.
Andrey Kolmogorov
Known as the "Father of Geometry," he wrote the famous book "Elements".
Euclid
his French mathematician and philosopher created the Cartesian coordinate system.
Rene Descartes
Albert Einstein called her the "most significant creative mathematical genius" for her work in abstract algebra.
Emmy Noether
A Soviet mathematician and Nobel laureate in Economics, famous for linear programming.
Leonid Kantorovich
He calculated the circumference of the Earth with surprising accuracy using only shadows and geometry.
Eratosthenes
He was the first to find a general solution for cubic equations, though he kept it a secret for a long time.
Niccolò Tartaglia
An 18th-century Italian mathematician who wrote the first book discussing both differential and integral calculus.
Maria Gaetana Agnesi
world-renowned Belarusian algebraist and former rector of Gomel University, famous for his work on "Formations of Finite Groups."
Leonid Shemetkov
Known as the "Great Geometer," his work Conics introduced terms like "parabola" and "ellipse."
Apollonius of Perga
A Scottish landowner who invented logarithms to simplify complex astronomical calculations.
John Napier
This French mathematician won a prize from the French Academy of Sciences for her research on the theory of elasticity.
Sophie Germain
This legendary Belarusian mathematician and Academician was a founder of the school of algebra and number theory in Minsk.
Vladimir Platonov