Famous Mathematicians
This German genius was named Time's Person of the Decade in 1999 and is known as the father of the Atomic Age.
Who is Albert Einstein?
This is the name assigned to the symbol Δ?
What is Delta?
The study of spatial figures like circles and cubes.
What is geometry?
This is the culture that coined the term "mathema" and has contributed various other discoveries to math, such as the theory of right angles and various symbols.
Who are the Greeks?
This number has the same number of letters as the number its describing.
What is four?
This mathematician's famous pattern was mentioned by music artists Mos Def and Talib Kweli in their chorus for the song "Astronomy".
Who is Leonardo Fibonacci?
This is the name assigned to the symbol Θ.
What is Theta?
The formalization and studies of the math of uncertain events or knowledge.
What is probability?
This is the mathematician who founded the basis of infinitesimal calculus. There are two possible and viable answers.
Who is Isaac Newton?
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Who is Gottfried Leibniz?
This is the first positive number to have the letter "a" in it.
What is one thousand?
This mathematician had the Oscar-winning movie "A Beautiful Mind" made on him and he was a pioneer on game theory and its usage in economics.
Who is John Forbes Nash Jr. ?
This is the name assigned to the symbol Ω.
What is Omega?
The computations of limits, derivatives, and integrations of functions.
What is calculus?
This is the location of where the last International Math Olympiad was held. It's also known as the "Cultural Capital of Russia", though it's not really the capitol of Russia.
Where is St. Petersburg?
Among all possible shapes with the same area, this shape will have the smallest perimeter.
What is a circle?
This Indian mathematician had no formal training in pure mathematics, but he still made significant contributions to infinite series and the number theory.
Who is Srinivasa Ramanujan?
This is the name assigned to the symbol Ψ.
What is Psi?
The branch of mathematics that uses models to study interactions with formalized incentive structures.
What is game theory?
This is the oldest branch of mathematics and also considered the most simple as well.
What is arithmetic?
This is a one followed by a hundred zeros.
What is a googol?
This English Mathematician founded Boolean algebra, which is now used in computers and software programs worldwide.
Who is George Boole?
This is the name assigned to the symbol ε.
What is Gamma?
This branch of math deals with the properties and relationships between numbers, especially positive integers.
What is number theory?
This is the year that our glorious club Mu Alpha Theta was founded.
What is 1957?
What is the probability that two individuals share the same birthday in a sample of 70?
What is 99.9%?