MATH Flashcards
He coined the term “GROUP”
GALOIS
Father of Problem Solving
POLYA
First true mathematician
THALES
Developed theory of permutation and combination
BEENOULLI
Father of Algebra
AL KWARIZMI
Analysis and determinants
CRAMER
Division of even and odd and equality and inequality
NICOMACHUS
Elliptic path of Mars revolving around the sun
KEPLER
Sieve of Erastosthenes
ERATOSTHENES
Invented Logarithm
NAPIER
First woman Mathematicians
ALEXANDRIA ( HYPATIA )
Concepts of Standard Deviation
GALTON
Father of Trigonometry
HIPPARCHUS
Discovered the theory of Proportion
OMAR KHAYYAM
Discovered the curves of parabola, hyperbola, and ellipse
MENAECHMUS
Study of Conic Sections
APPOLLONIUS OF PERGA
Formula for solving all types of cubic
NICCOLO FONTANA (TARTAGLIA)
Motto is “All is number”
PYTHAGORAS
Abbreviation of Sin , Cosine, Tangent
GIRARD
Real Numbers
DEDEKIND
Pinwheel Calculator
BALDWIN
Prince of Mathematics
GAUSS
Linear Programming
DANTZIG
Father of Calculus
NEWTON
Father of Geometry
EUCLID
Ark Magna
CARDANO
Set Theory
CANTOR
Beethoven of Mathematics
EULER
Inventor of the first calculator
PASCAL
Father of Analytic Geometry
DESCARTES
Father of computer
BABBAGE
Number line and symbol of infinity
WALLIS
Invention of dividing rods used in multiplication table
NAPIER
Greatest “might-have-been”
PASCAL
Two outstanding astronomers in Seventeenth century
KEPLER AND GALILEI
Logarithmic plots are a device of the devil
RICHTER
First atronomer to use a telescope
GALILEI
Invented the Decibel Unit
GRAHAM BELL