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    Shakuntla Devi

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    flat. Her correct answer to this multiplication sum was 18‚947‚668‚177‚995‚426‚462‚773‚730. This incident has been included on the 26th page of the famous 1995 Guinness Book of Records. | Shakuntala Devi‚ Indian Mathematician Shakuntala Devi is a well known Indian mathematician.

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    SEMRA ÖZAL THE HISTORY OF LOGARITHMS John Napier is a Scottish mathematician who lived from 1550 to 1617. He worked more than twenty years to improve his theory and tables of what he called logarithms. Napier called the theory logarithms‚ because he thought of them as “reckoning numbers”‚ namely to calculate an amount(Caulfield 2010). “The word he derived from two Greek roots: logos meaning word‚ or study‚ or reasoning‚ or in Napier’s use “reckoning”

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    of the most influential mathematicians of all time is Leonhard Euler. He has made a major impact in the math world. Leonhard Euler came into this world on April 15‚ 1707 in Basel‚ Switzerland. After he was born‚ he moved to Riechen. His parents were religious. His dad was a Calvinist preacher and his mom was a pastor’s daughter. His father helped him as well as Johann Bernoulli when it came to studying mathematics. Johann Bernoulli became a very influential mathematician as well. He made discoveries

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    Math Facts & Trivias  1. The value of zero was first used by the ancient Indian mathematician Aryabhata. 2. The implicit curve equation (x2+y2-1)3-x2y3=0 produces the heart shape. 3. The Reuleaux Triangle is a shape of constant width other than a circle. 4. If each count were a second long‚ it would take about 12 days to count to a million and about 32 years to count to a billion. 5. Forty’ is the only number that has all its letters in alphabetical order. 6. The National Pi Day ( π ) is

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    acquaintances would consider an applied statistician‚ the other attendees are mathematicians from universities across the country. The mathematicians pointed out that since they needed only pencil and paper in their research‚ the low budgets of their proposals submitted for funding under the previous NHERA1 led to very high rejection rates. With the possible exception of a few‚ we take this observation as true for most Filipino mathematicians. 2. The situation in statistics is just the opposite. Statisticians

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    trigonometric functions‚ and exponents? This ability is due in large part to the Taylor series‚ which has allowed mathematicians (and calculators) to approximate functions‚such as those given above‚ with polynomials. These polynomials‚ called Taylor Polynomials‚ are easy for a calculator manipulate because the calculator uses only the four basic arithmetic operators. So how do mathematicians take a function and turn it into a polynomial function? Lets find out. First‚ lets assume that we have a function

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    Pythagorean theorem apart from providing various exciting estimates to surds‚ in connection with the development of altars and fire-places of different forms and designs. By enough duration of Aryabhata (c.499 CE)‚ the Native indian specialised mathematicians were completely acquainted with most of the mathematics that we currently show in our educational institutions‚ such as the techniques for getting rectangular form primary‚ dice primary‚ and so on. Among other things‚ Aryabhata also offered the

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    innocent deaths ‚he did not discover America ;so why ? Why do we celebrate people like him when we should actually celebrate people who had an actual positive legit impact on our lives. Born muslim in c. 780‚Al-Khwārizmī‚ became a mathematician‚not any mathematician but “the father Of Algebra “ who also studied astronomy‚geography ‚history and made history .Due to lost documents and the time period in which he lives in;many details about his life are unknown and uncertain .He was an intelligent

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    A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in his/her work‚ typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians usually accomplish many great things in life like mathematical contributions to the educational program or receiving awards for their greatness. A great example of a very successful‚ African American mathematician is Marjorie Lee Browne. Marjorie Lee Browne was born September 9‚ 1914 in Memphis‚ Tennessee. Marjorie Lee Browne was born to Mary Taylor Lee

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    A Beautiful Mind By Ron Howard A Beautiful Mind detailed the dramatic rise and fall of John Forbes Nash‚ the celebrated Nobel Prize winner and mathematician‚ as he battled the debilitating effects of schizophrenia to eventually attain international acclaim. Schizophrenia is characterized by a broad range of unusual behaviors that cause profound disruption in the lives of people suffering from the condition‚ as well as in the lives of the people around them. Schizophrenia strikes without regard

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