Math History
He provided the solution to the Seven Bridges of Konigsburg problem.
Who was Leonhard Euler?
This field involves analysis of biological information using math and computer science.
What is bioinformatics?
This paradox states one sphere can be rearranged to form two spheres identical to the first.
What is the Banach-Tarski Paradox?
Derivative of ln(3x)e^(-2x)
What is (e^(-2x)(1-2xln(3x))/x?
Famous book written by Isaac Newton
What is the Principia Mathematica?
Although he is typically remembered as an author, he was also a logician credited with the earliest modern use of a truth tree.
Who was Lewis Carroll?
Field that applies mathematics to the study of goods and services and supply and demand.
What is economics.
Although stated in 1637, this theorem was proven much later in 1995 after many unsuccessful attempts of proving the theorem.
What is Fermat's Last Theorem?
Integral of ln(x)
This famous guitarist from a 70s/80s rock band has a degree in astrophysics.
Who is Brian May?
Also a philosopher, he helped develop the field of analytic geometry, and the (x,y) coordinates are named after him.
Who was Rene Descartes?
In chemistry, formulas that calculate exponential decay can be used to find the _____ of a radioactive isotope.
What is half-life?
Also called the null space, gives elements from the original set mapped to 0 by the function.
What is the kernel?
Integral of (x^2)e^2x
What is (1/4)e^(2x)(2x^2-2x+1)?
This math-related film, released in 1997, stars Robin Williams and Matt Damon.
What is Good Will Hunting?
She made important contributions in abstract algebra (specifically ring theory) and taught at Bryn Mawr College in the 1930s.
Who was Emmy Noether?
This area of mathematics can be used to describe the payoffs for war and peace between two nations.
What is game theory?
A certain type of ring with commutativity under multiplication with a multiplicative identity element and no divisors of zero.
What is an integral domain?
10C5
What is 252?
The Arabic title of the book "The Compendious Book of Calculation by Completion and Balancing" is where the name for this type of math is derived from.
What is algebra?
Although he is a mathematician, he is remembered more for his piano music during the 50s and 60s.
Who is Tom Lehrer?
Although taught in college, this type of arithmatic is actually first learned in elementary school when learning about adding or subtracting time on a clock.
What is modular arithmatic?
An algebra that is nonempty and has 2 binary operations, both of which are idempotent and satisfy the absorbtion law.
What is a lattice?
Probability of 2 or more tails in 3 coin tosses
What is 1/2?
This logician met with Paul McCartney, with whom he discussed the Vietnam War.
Who is Bertrand Russell?