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Fibonacci Mathematics by Dr. Peter Reimers
Describes the rabbit problem and the Fibonacci sequence and some generalized rules.
http://www.fibonacci-mathematics.de/
Diophantus of Alexandria (c. 200-284 )
Best known for his Arithmetica, a work on the theory of numbers, a collection of 130 problems giving numerical solutions of determinate equations.
http://history.math.csusb.edu/Mathematicia...
Archimedes
Provides a detailed biography, including a look at the times in which he lived, the importance of his discoveries, his life, and his death. Also includes a timeline.
http://www.mcs.drexel.edu/~crorres/Archime...
The Eratosthenes Project
Gives information about the techniques and computations used by this ancient mathematician to find the circumference of the earth. Includes sample sketch and reconstructed map of the world.
http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/observato...
Dedekind, Richard (1831-1916)
study of CONTINUITY and definition of the real numbers in terms of Dedekind "cuts", the nature of number and mathematical induction, definition of finite and infinite sets; algebraic number fields, concept of RINGS.
http://euler.ciens.ucv.ve/English/mathemat...
Bernoulli, Daniel (1700-1782)
Most important work considered the basic properties of fluid flow, pressure, density and velocity, and gave their fundamental relationship now known as Bernoulli's principle.
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~histor...
Schmidt, Erhard (1876-1959)
Main research was functional analysis, doctorate was obtained under Hilbert's supervision, main interest was in integral equations and Hilbert space, best remembered for the Gram-Schmidt orthogonalisation process.
http://history.math.csusb.edu/Mathematicia...
Galois, Evariste
Biography in the St Andres archive.
http://www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~hi...
Biographies of Women Mathematicians
Information about women who have made important contributions to mathematics.
http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/wo...
Fourier - Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier (1768-1830)
Baron, mathematical physicist, French Revolution, a teacher, a secret policeman, a political prisoner, governor of Egypt, The Analytic Theory of Heat
http://www.astro.gla.ac.uk/~davidk/fourier...
Eratosthenes of Cyrene (276-194 BC)
Discusses this early Grecian's discoveries in finding a good approximation of the circumference of the earth, the tilt angle of our planet and a tool for finding prime numbers. Page includes biographical information.
http://www.eranet.gr/eratosthenes/html/eoc...
Lambert - Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728 - 1777)
In a memoir in 1768 on transcendental magnitudes he proved that pi is incommensurable.
http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/Peopl...
Zermelo - Ernst Friedrich Ferdinand Zermelo (1871-1953)
Zermelo in 1908 was the first to attempt an axiomatisation of set theory
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~histor...
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Biography, quotes and gallery of images related to Gauss. Also in German.
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/...
Bessel - Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (1784-1846)
Catalogued stars, predicted a planet beyond Uranus as well as the existence of dark stars, investigated Johann Kepler's problem of heliocentricity, and systematized the mathematical functions involved, which now bear his name.
http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/per...
Oughtred, William (1574-1660)
Best known for the invention of an early form of the slide rule.
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~histor...
Cauchy, Augustin Louis (1789-1857)
Cauchy contributed to almost every branch of mathematics. He is probably best known for his important contributions to real and complex analysis.
http://www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~hi...
Kolmogorov, Andrei Nikolaevich (1903-1987)
Worked on trigonometric series, set theory, integration analysis, constructive logic, topology, approximation methods, probability, statistics, random processes, information theory, dynamical systems, algorithms, celestial mechanics, Hilbert's 13th problem, and ballistics. Also, studied and applications of mathematics to problems of biology, geology, linguistics and the crystallization of metals. Born and lived in Russia.
http://www.cwi.nl/~paulv/KOLMOGOROV.BIOGRA...
Sheynin, Oscar
Freelance researcher specializes in the history of probability, statistics and error theory. Page includes list of publications and outside reviews.
http://www.sheynin.de/
History of Mathematics
Online texts of historic mathematical people, including Hamilton, Riemann, Newton, Boole, and Cantor. Also, has biographical backgrounds for key figures during the 17th and 18th centuries.
http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/HistM...
Benjamin Peirce
Life and work of 19th century mathematician and philosopher of mathematics; by Ivor Grattan-Guinness and Alison Walsh.
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/peirce-b...
Al-Sabi Thabit ibn Qurra al-Harrani
Gives information on background and contributions to non-euclidean geometry, spherical trigonometry, number theory and the field of statics. Was an important translator of Greek materials, including Euclid's Elements, during the Middle Ages.
http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/M...
Plato (427-347 B.C.)
"... the reality which scientific thought is seeking must be expressible in mathematical terms, mathematics being the most precise and definite kind of thinking of which we are capable."
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~histor...
The History of Mathematics
Collection of original papers of Berkeley, Hamilton, Riemann, Boole, Cantor, and Newton. Includes background and notes. Maintained by David R. Wilkins from Trinity College, Dublin
http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/
Pierre de Fermat
Excerpt from "A Short Account of the History of Mathematics" (4th edition, 1908) by W. W. Rouse Ball.
http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/Peopl...
Cauchy, Augustin-Louis
French mathematician, b. at Paris, 21 August, 1789; d. at Sceaux, 23 May, 1857.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03457a.htm
Grothendieck Circle
Offers biographies of Alexander Grothendieck together with his texts and a gallery of images. With directory of members.
http://www.math.jussieu.fr/~leila/grothend...
The Grothendieck Biography Project
Links relating to Alexandre Groethendieck.
http://www.fermentmagazine.org/home5.html
Andrei Nikolaevich Kolmogorov (1903-1987)
The most prominent twentieth-century mathematician.
http://kolmogorov.com/Kolmogorov.html
Chebyshev - Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshev (1821-1894)
Work on prime numbers included the determination of the number of primes not exceeding a given number, wrote an important book on the theory of congruences, proved that there was always at least one prime between n and 2n for n > 3.
http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/~histo...
Galois, Évariste (1811-1832)
Galois theory, a branch of mathematics dealing with the general solution of equations, group theory, method of determining when a general equation could be solved by radicals, solved many long-standing unanswered questions.
http://history.math.csusb.edu/Mathematicia...
MacTutor History of Mathematics: D'Alembert
Biography of this noted French thinker by J.J. O'Connor and E.F. Robinson. Includes links to related thinkers in the mathematical tradition.
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~histor...
Who was Fibonacci?
Features his names, life, and mathematical contributions,
http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Kno...
Das Evariste Galois Archiv
Eine ausführliche Biographie über den Begründer der Galois-Theorie, als auch eine Fülle von Originaldokumenten und mathematische Einführungen in sein Schaffen.
http://www.galois-group.net/
Dirichlet - Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (1805-1859)
Proved that in any arithmetic progression with first term coprime to the difference there are infinitely many primes, units in algebraic number theory, ideals, proposed the modern definition of a function.
http://turnbull.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/...
Shortest path to Gauss
This site is the quickest access to information about C.F.Gauss, although reduced to a single page.
http://www.gauss.info
Gauss, Johann Carl Friedrich (1777-1855)
One of the all-time greats, Gauss began to show his mathematical brilliance at the early age of seven. He is usually credited with the first proof of The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra.
http://www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~hi...
Archimedes (c. 287 B.C.-212 B.C.)
(Encyclopedia.com) Greek mathematician, physicist, and inventor.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/a/archime...
Grassmann, Hermann - 1862
Explains the published paper called Ausdehnungslehre, which translates to "Theory of Extension". The purpose is to create a universal type of geometric calculus. This development is used in linear and non-linear algebra, today.
http://www.maths.utas.edu.au/People/dfs/Pa...
Abel - Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829)
Norwegian mathematician. Worked on elliptic functions and integrals, algebraic solution of equations and solubility by radicals.
http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/hi...
Cramer - Gabriel Cramer (1704-1752)
Best known for his work on determinants, made contributions to the study of algebraic curves.
http://history.math.csusb.edu/Mathematicia...
Pell, John (1611-1685)
Worked on algebra and number theory, gave a table of factors of all integers up to 100000 in 1668. Pell's equation is y^2 = ax^2 + 1, where a is a non-square integer.
http://history.math.csusb.edu/Mathematicia...
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