- 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/history/Mathematicians/Abel.html
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- 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/Mathematicians/Thabit.html
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- Andrei Nikolaevich Kolmogorov (1903-1987)
The most prominent twentieth-century mathematician.
http://kolmogorov.com/Kolmogorov.html
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- 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/Archimedes/contents.html
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- Archimedes (c. 287 B.C.-212 B.C.)
(Encyclopedia.com) Greek mathematician, physicist, and inventor.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/a/archimedes.asp
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- 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/~history/Mathematicians/Bernoulli_Daniel.html
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- 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/persons/pers_bessel.html
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- Biographies of Women Mathematicians
Information about women who have made important contributions to mathematics.
http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm
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- Cauchy - Augustin-Louis Cauchy (1789-1857)
(Catholic Encyclopedia) Theory of polyhedra, symmetrical functions, proof of a theorem of Fermat which had baffled mathematicians like Gauss and Euler.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03457a.htm
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- 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/~history/Mathematicians/Cauchy.html
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- 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/~history/Mathematicians/Chebyshev.html
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- 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/Mathematicians/Cramer.html
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- d'Alembert - Jean Le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783)
Helped to resolve the controversy in mathematical physics over the conservation of kinetic energy by improving Newton's definition of force.
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/D'Alembert.html
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- 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/mathematics/dedekind.html
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- 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/Mathematicians/Diophantus.html
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- 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/Mathematicians/Dirichlet.html
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- 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.html
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- Fermat - Pierre de Fermat (1601-1665)
From `A Short Account of the History of Mathematics' (4th edition, 1908) by W. W. Rouse Ball.
http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/People/Fermat/RouseBall/RB_Fermat.html
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- Fibonacci - Who was Fibonacci? - Leonardo of Pisa (1175?-1250)
His names, mathematical contributions, Introducing the decimal number system into Europe, Fibonacci Series.
http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fibBio.html
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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/
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- 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.htm
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- Galois - The Evariste Galois Archive
Includes personal biography, explanation of his theory and related links.
http://www.galois-group.net/
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- 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/Mathematicians/Galois.html
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- Galois, Evariste
Biography in the St Andres archive.
http://www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Galois.html
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- Gauss - Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855)
Gauss' Biography, Formulae, properties, Gauss' Life in Charts, Quotes, Doing a report on Gauss?, Works Cited List
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/2977/gauss/gauss.html
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