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Pierre de Fermat's "Last Theorem"
which theorem holds the record for the most wrong proofs ever published
0 is not represented
what number isn't represented in roman numerals
The inventor of the modern nursing profession
Florence Nightingale was the inventor of what?
An Arabic word meaning restoration or completion
Where does the term algebra come from
A fire burned it down
what happened to the ancient library built around the 3rd century BC
mathematics had the mental discipline needed to avoid scandals
being a mathematician helped Ada Lovelace how ?
Language of science
Mathematics is called the language of what
360 to 415 C.E.
when did women first start doing math
Traced to the ancient babylonians
Where can you originally trace algebra from
used card counting to tilt the odds that normally fall to the casinos back in the favor of the gambler
how did college students make millions of dollars at casinos?
The fastest human calculator
What is Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash known for being
"Mathematics is the language in which god has written the universe"
Galileo Galilei is attributed to what quote?
collaborated on several famous mathematical works with Mathematician Theon
Did Hypatia do collaborative work with her father ?
Rhetorical algebra
What form of algebra does the phrasing "The thing plus 5 equal to 8" come from?
He killed his brother, aunt, and uncle
why did Andre Bloch spend his 31 years as a mathematician in a mental institution
The most influential women mathematician in history
Emmy Noether was deemed as what by Albert Einstein
imaginary numbers are represented as what
First female math teacher in history
Hypatia is widely known for being what?
The Rhind papyrus
whats the most extensive ancient Egyptian mathematical document in history
They strongly disagreed about who discovered calculus
Isaac newton and Gottfried Leibniz didnt get along very well, why?
was rewarded the presidential Medal of Freedom by Obama
Katherine Johnson was rewarded what after working 35 years for NASA
Formed the basis of numerical digits
The Hindu-Arabic numerical system formed what between the 1st and 9th century
submitted letters under a male students name to show her mathematical work to her professor
what did Sophia Germain do to catch her professors attention
Geometric algebra
what is it called when you represent the sides of geometrical objects, lines, and letters associated with them
The theorem that caused a murder
to cover up the theorem about right triangles what did the pythagoreans do