Pi is Powerful
This irrational number is the ratio between the area of a circle and the area of a square in which the circle is inscribed inside.
What is π/4?
This theorem, mainly used to describe right triangles, is also used to graph circles.
What is the Pythagorean Theorem?
This famous geometer wrote the book that contains most of what we know about geometry.
Who is Euclid of Alexandria?
Although the name of this field translates to "Earth measure," it is one of the most abstract fields of mathematics that there is.
What is geometry?
A group of MIT students become rich when their math professor (played by Kevin Spacey) teaches them how to count cards.
What is 21?
This is the position of the first 6 in π.
What is the eighth digit?
Pythagoras convinced the world that all numbers are rational until Euclid proved by contradiction that this number is irrational.
What is the square root of 2?
Perhaps the most famous mathematician of the 17th century was an alchemist and wrote more about theology than about science.
Who is Isaac Newton?
The Arabic word for this field of mathematics means "the reunion of broken parts."
What is algebra?
Billy Beane (played by Brad Pitt), the general manager of Oakland Athletics, turns baseball on its head by abandoning traditional scouting methods in favor of decisions based solely on data.
What is Moneyball?
The exact definition of π is the ratio between the circumference of a circle and this quantity.
What is the diameter of the circle?
Isaac Newton proved this theorem, which shows how to expand integer exponents of a binomial.
What is the Binomial Theorem?
This mathematician, who actually made π a popular term, is known for doing much of his work after he lost his eyesight.
Who is Leonhard Euler?
According to the Fundamental Theorem of this field of mathematics, every integer greater than 1 is either a prime number or a product of multiple prime numbers.
What is arithmetic?
A seven-year-old mathematical genius is caught in a custody battle between her uncle (played by Chris Evans) and her grandmother.
What is Gifted?
When rounded to two decimal places, π was almost this number.
What is 6.28?
According to this principle, if you place n + 1 pigeons into n carriers, then at least one carrier will contain at least two pigeons.
What is the Pigeonhole Principle?
While he was a member of Congress from Ohio, this future United States President proved the Pythagorean Theorem in a way never previously seen.
Who is James Garfield?
While Pythagoras made great contributions to geometry, he is much better referred to as a mathematician from this field, which arose from geometry.
What is number theory?
Matt Damon plays a janitor with exceptional mathematical ability who works with a psychiatrist (played by Robin Williams) to confront his demons.
What is Good Will Hunting?
Archimedes used a polygon with this number of sides to find that 223/71 < π < 22/7.
What is 96?
According to this theorem, given a point P inside a rectangle ABCD, AP2 + CP2 = BP2 + DP2.
What is the British Flag Theorem?
This famous author is not known for his mathematical work but subtly worked math into his fiction and produced nearly a dozen mathematical books under his real name.
Who is Lewis Carroll/Charles Lutwidge Dodgson?
Georg Cantor proved that there are different sizes of infinity, which greatly shook this field of mathematics.
What is set theory?
Dev Patel plays Srinivasa Ramanujan, an Indian number theorist with no formal training who, during World War I, is elected as a fellow of Trinity College at Cambridge University with the help of his mentor G.H. Hardy (played by Jeremy Irons).
What is The Man Who Knew Infinity?