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100

The formal notion of a sequence "approximating a value."

What is a limit?

100

It is the determinant of a 2X2 matrix.

What is ac-db?
100

He discovered the equation ei (pi)+1=0.

Who is Euler?

100

88+137

What is 225?

200
It is a measure for the change of a function at an instant.

What is a derivative?

200

What we call vectors v1,...,vn when they obey v1+...+vn=0.

What is linear independence?

200

This person wrote "The Elements."

Who is Euclid?

200

gcd(15,20).

What is 5?

300

It is the limit of a Riemman sum.

What is a Riemman Integral?

300

A process that transforms a mxn matrix into a nxm matrix.

What is a transpose?

300

This person solved Fermat's Last Theorem.

Who is Andre Wiles?

300

The derivative of cos(x2)

What is -2x sin(x2)?

400
It is how we differentiate composite functions.

What is the chain rule?

400
An invertible matrix.

What do we call a matrix with non-zero determinant?

400

This person wrote their entire mathematical knowledge in one document, which contained multiple revolutionary ideas, and subsequently died on a sword duel, all at the age of 20.

Who is Évariste Galois?

400
The definite integral of sin(x) between -1 and 1.

What is 0?

500

Functions that can be approximated by a Taylor Series.

What are analytic functions?

500

A matrix that is equal to it's conjugate transpose.

What is a hermitian matrix?

500

This person solved the Poincarré Conjecture.

Who is Grigori Perelman?

500

The span of the set {1,i}.

(i here is the square root of -1)

What is the complex numbers?