The Work of Emmy Noether When an individual considers famous work from past mathematicians’‚ men are generally the one’s that come to mind. Of course Emmy Noether was not a man‚ but proved that women can do the same work as men and excel in the same areas. During Noether’s era‚ she faced discrimination at the university level‚ but went on to pursue her desires and to teach mathematics. Noether was born on March 23‚ 1882 as Amalie Emmy Noether in Germany‚ but went by the name of Emmy. Noether
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Newton‚ Sir Isaac (1642--1727) Physicist and mathematician‚ born in Woolsthorpe‚ Lincolnshire‚ EC England‚ UK. He studied at Cambridge. In 1665-6 the fall of an apple is said to have suggested the train of thought that led to the law of gravitation. He studiedthe nature of light‚ concluding that white light is a mixture of colours which can be separated by refraction‚ anddevised the first reflecting telescope. He became professor of mathematics at Cambridge in 1669‚ where heresumed his work on gravitation
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father found out‚ he gave in and allowed Blaise to have a copy of Euclid’s Elements‚ a book written by a Greek mathematician best known for his treatise on geometry. From there‚ Blaise expanded his knowledge of mathematics and soon began to accompany his father to Mersnne’s meetings. Mersenne was known for his work in number theory and was idolized by many scientists and mathematicians. At the age of sixteen‚ Pascal presented a piece of paper at one of the meetings‚ which conained a number of projective
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There once lived a great mathematician in a village outside Ujjain . He was often called by the local king to advice on matters related to the economy. His reputation had spread as far as Taxila in the North and Kanchi in the South. So it hurt him very much when the village headman told him‚ "You may be a great mathematician who advises the king on economic matters but your son does not know the value of Gold or silver. The mathematician called his son and asked‚ "What is more valuable - gold
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the angles. In the First paragraph I would like to explain the main history of trigonometry and also go into detail about the certain aspects of the mathematic branch. In the Second paragraph I will explain details on 4 of the great trigonometry mathematicians who discovered information about trigonometry‚ as well as improved existing theories as well. In the Third paragraph I would like to explain how these theories and techniques are applied today by various corporate companies. The improvement of
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Assignment#2 June 18‚ 2013 History of MathEMATICS Time Line 30‚000 B.C. -- 2001 B.C. circa 30‚000 B.C.: Paleolithic peoples in Europe etch markings on bones to represent numbers. circa 5‚000 B.C.: The Egyptians use a decimal number system‚ a precursor to modern number systems which are also based on the number 10. The Ancient Egyptians also made use of a multiplication system that relied on successive doublings and additions in order to find the products of relatively large numbers. For
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It is one of the most romantic stories in the history of mathematics: in 1913‚ the English mathematician G. H. Hardy received a strange letter from an unknown clerk in Madras‚ India. The ten-page letter contained about 120 statements of theorems on infinite series‚ improper integrals‚ continued fractions‚ and number theory (Here is a .dvi file with a sample of these results). Every prominent mathematician gets letters from cranks‚ and at first glance Hardy no doubt put this letter in that class.
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encouraged‚ but a woman of a higher class who possesses a great intellectual mind and has a potential for pursuing mathematics are acknowledged and highly encouraged. Furthermore‚ up until now‚ the only known mathematicians are mostly men and there have been only a few female mathematicians that are known to us but hardly mentioned – or not at all. Maria Gaetana Agnesi was a known genius‚ yet only a few people know
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The ancient philosophers and mathematicians from such early civilizations in Egypt‚ Greece‚ Babylon‚ and India did. Their efforts have provided the basic fundamentals for mathematics that are used today. Prime Numbers A prime number is “any integer other than a 0 or + 1 that is not divisible without a remainder by any other integers except + 1 and + the integer itself (Merriam-Webster‚ 1996). These numbers were first studied in-depth by ancient Greek mathematicians who looked to numbers for their
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Archimedes Background/Upbringing Archimedes was one of the most known and respected mathematicians of ancient Greece. He was born between the years of 290 and 280 BCE in Syracuse‚ Sicily which is currently known as Italy. His death took place in Syracuse‚ Sicily between the years of 212 and 211 BCE. In autumn of 212 or the spring of 211 Syracuse was taken over by Roman General Marcus Claudius Marcellus (Encyclopedia Britannica‚ n.d). It was during the cities take over that Archimedes was killed
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