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Agnesi
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Georg Cantor
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Euclid
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Hypatia
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John Napier
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Italian Mathematician, 1718 - 1799
Wrote and published the first comprehensive Calculus textbook.
'Witch of Agnesi' Is a curve misnamed by John Colson. John name
the curve when he mistook the word (versiera) 'curve' for a similar
word which means 'witch'. The equation for this bell-shaped curve
was given the name 'witch of Agnesi' and it stuck and can be found
in some textbooks today.
1738 she published Propositiones Philosophicae a series of essays
on philosophy and natural science.
First woman to be appointed as professor at a university.
German mathematician, 1845 - 1918
Founded set theory
Introduced the concept of infinite numbers with his discovery of
cardinal numbers.
Advanced the study of trigonometric series.
Introduced the mathematically meaningful concept of transfinite
numbers, indefinitely large but distinct from one another.
Greek mathematician, 325 B.C. – 265 B.C.
Best known for his treatise on geometry: The Elements . This
influenced the development of Western mathematics for more than
2000 years.
Known as the “Father of Geometry.”
Also wrote works on perspective, conic sections, spherical
geometry, number theory and rigor.
Greek mathematician & philosopher, 370 – 415 A.D.
Head of the Platonist school at Alexandria, Egypt
The first well, documented woman to make a substantial
contribution to the development of mathematics.
She was killed by a fanatical Christian sect.
Worked with Diophantine equations and Conics
Taught astronomy, philosophy, and mathematics.
Credited with inventing the astrolabe, which was used to measure
star positions that were relative to the Earth.
Scottish mathematician, 1550 - 1617
Invented logarithms
First to use the decimal point
Made other mathematical contributions include a mnemonic
for formulas used in solving spherical triangles and two
formulas known as Napier's analogies.
Karen E. Smith
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Grace A. Williams
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Archimedes
Rene Descartes
Leonhard Euler
American mathematician, 1965 Teaches and does research in algebraic geometry and commutative
algebra at the University of Michigan.
awarded the 2001 Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize in recognition of her
work in commutative algebra
Nigerian mathematician, 1932 First Nigerian woman to receive a doctorate degree.
Obtained her Ph.D. in mathematics education with a dissertation on
"Dynamics Of Education In The Birth Of A New Nation: Case
Study Of Nigeria."
Became the first female Vice-Chancellor of an African university
when she accepted that position at the University of Benin
Greek mathematician, 287 B.C. – 212 B.C.
 Discovered how to find the volume of a sphere and determined
the exact value of Pi.
 Principle of Buoyancy. (It is believe that when he discovered the
principle of Buoyancy, he went running through the streets naked
shouting 'Eureka' - I have found it)
 It is believed that he was actually the first to have invented
integral calculus, 2000 years before Newton and Leibniz.
 Powers of Ten, a way of counting that refers to the number of 0's
in a number which eliminated the use of the Greek alphabet in
the counting system. (Scientific Notation)
 A formula to find the area under a curve, the amount of space
that is enclosed by a curve.
 French philosopher and mathematician, 1596 – 1650
 Called the “Father of Modern Philosophy.”
 “I think, therefore I am,” and the Ontological argument for the
existence of God.
 Coined the term “imaginary number” as a derisive term.
 Invented the Coordinate/Cartesian plane enabling geometry and
algebra to merge.
 Called the “Father of Analytic Geometry.”
 He also “pioneered the standard notation” that uses superscripts to
show the powers or exponents.
 Swiss mathematician and physicist, 1707-1783
 Most prolific mathematician of all time, that is, he wrote and
published more original papers than anyone before or since.
 The pre-eminent mathematician of the 18th century, and one of the
greatest mathematicians ever (886 books and papers).
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Sonya Kovalevsky
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Emmy Noether
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Alicia Boole Stott
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George Boole
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Diophantus
Sophie Germain
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One of the founders of pure mathematics.
Made groundbreaking contributions to analytic geometry,
trigonometry, calculus and number theory.
Was the first person to integrate Leibniz’s differential calculus and
Newton’s method of fluxions into mathematical analysis.
Was the first to state the prime number theorem and the law of
biquadratic reciprocity
Russian mathematician, 1850 – 1891
The first major Russian female mathematician.
Responsible for important original contributions to analysis,
differential equations and mechanics.
First woman appointed to a full professorship in Northern Europe.
She was also one of the first women to work for a scientific journal
as an editor.
German mathematician, 1882 – 1935
Known for her groundbreaking contributions to abstract algebra
(groups, rings, & fields) and theoretical physics.
Described by many to be the most important woman in the history
of mathematics.
British mathematician, 1860 – 1940
3rd daughter of George Boole.
Worked with four-dimensional geometry.
Coined the term "polytope" for a convex solid in four dimensions.
Found that there were exactly six regular polytopes in four
dimensions.
Made important discoveries relating to constructions for polyhedra
related to the golden section.
British mathematician, philosopher, and logician, 1815 – 1864
Worked in the fields of differential equations and algebraic logic.
Inventor of the prototype of what is now called Boolean logic,
which became the basis of the modern digital computer.
Known as the “Father of Computer Science.”
Greek mathematician, 201 A.D. – 215 A.D.
Known as the “Father of Algebra.”
Best known for his Arithmetica.
Worked with solving algebraic equations with two or more
variables (Diophantine equations).
Had an enormous influence on the development of number theory.
French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher, 1776 – 1831
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Gottfried Leibniz
Freda Porter
Theano
Byron, Ada (Lady
Lovelace)
Erastosthenes
Goldbach, Christian
Mandelbrot, Benoit
Ptolemy, Claudius
Venn, John
Self-taught. Earned a posthumous, honorary degree.
A pioneer of elasticity theory.
Worked on Fermat’s Last Theorem.
Completed papers on number theory and on the curvature of
surfaces.
Because of prejudice against her gender, never made a career out of
mathematics.