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Arithmetica Integra

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Stifle

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Sketch of the half of an arch of a sine curve

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Roberval

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Squaring the circle

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Dinostratus

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Materialistic Atomic Doctrine

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Democritus

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Pedagogical Mathematics

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Ramus

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Theorie de Analytique

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Fourier

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Discovered the equation of a normal curve, predicted his death day

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Abraham de Moivre

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8
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Pendulum Clock

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Christian Huygen

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Theory o Proportion, Method of Exhaustion

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Eudoxos

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10
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Pioneer if social mathematics

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Cordocet

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11
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Theory of Probability

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Laplace

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12
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Potential Theory

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Poisson

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13
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Calculated elaborate tables of the six trigonometric functions

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Rheticus

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14
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“Sphaerica”

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Menalaus of Alexandria

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15
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Introduced trigonometry as systemized body of knowledge

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Hipparcus

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16
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Made an extensive study on correlation among several variables

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Karl Pearson

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17
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Lambert’s quadrangle

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Alhazen

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18
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automorphic functions and differential equations

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Henri Paricare

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19
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Treatise on De Revolutionibus Orbium Coalestium

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Copernicus

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20
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One of the founders of non-education geometry

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Janos Bolyai

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21
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Derivative, calculus of variations

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Lagrange

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22
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proved that there was no algebraic formula for the solution of a general polynomial equation of fifth degree

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Niels Henrik Abel

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23
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Produced arithmometer

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Thomas of Colmar

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24
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Four color conjecture

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Francis Guthrie

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25
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Known as Misguided Circle-Squarer

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Nicholas of Cusa

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26
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Infestesimal of Higher Order

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Galileo Galilei

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27
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Quadrature of Lunes

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Hippocrates

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28
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Theory of Algebraic Functions

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Richard Dedeleind and Heinrich Weber

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29
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expansion of the power series for sines and cosines

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Madhava

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30
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Inventor of portable chain 66ft long consisting of 100 links

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Edmund Gunter

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31
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Heliocentric System, sizes and distance of the moon

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Aristarchus of Samos

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32
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Founder of Modern Theory of numbers

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Pierre de Fermat

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33
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method of indivisible

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Bonaventura Cavalierie

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34
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“Almagest”, 360 degree circle

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Ptolemy

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35
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invented multiplication sign

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William Oughtred

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36
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Function Theory

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Reimann

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37
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38
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Infestimal Method, Dutch Archimedes

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Stevin

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39
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Mathematics in the Curriculum

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Archytas

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40
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Author of Canon Mathematics

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Francois Viete

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41
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Made a proposal to Blaise Pascal in the famous Problem of Points

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Chevalier De Mere

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42
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“Tent Maker”

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Omar Khayyam

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43
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Limits

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Jean le Rond D’alembert

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44
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numerals, symbol of zero

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Aryabhata

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45
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invented inequality sign

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Thomas Harriot

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46
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Father of Algebra in 16th century

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Francois Viete

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47
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First to introduced the word “Statistics”

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Gottfried Achenwall

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48
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Invented an adding machine to assist his father in tax and commercial computations

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Blaise Pascal

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49
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Inventor of Decimal Fractions

50
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Father of Differential Geometry

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Gaspard Monge

51
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Founder of Functions of Complex Variable

52
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Father of Algebra. “The Arithmetica”

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Diophantus

53
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Law of Large Numbers

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Jacob/Jacques Bernoulli

54
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Rectangular/Cartesian coordinate system

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Rene Descartes

55
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Developed Boethian Theory of double or triple

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Thomas Bradwardine

56
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Sieve of Prime Numbers

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Erasthothenes

57
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Importance of imaginary numbers

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Rafael Bombelli

58
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Projective Geometry

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Girard Desargues

59
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Italian mathematician, physician, and gambler. Author of “Ars Magna”

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Girolamo Cardano

60
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show π is transcendental

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F. Lindemann

61
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Father of History

62
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Archimedes of his Age

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Johann/Jean Bernoulli

63
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Trisectrix or Quadratrix

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Hippias of Elis

64
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Hydrodynamics

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Daniel Bernoulli

65
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Established printing press

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Johann Muller

66
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first to demonstrate statistical techniques derived in one are of research can also be applied in other area

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Adolph Quetelet

67
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Simpe Lie groups

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Ellie Cartan and Wilhelm Killing

68
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Retained imaginary roots of the equation

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Albert Girard

69
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Introduced the word function, ordinate, coordinate, and abscissa—Newton’s rival in inventing calculus.

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Gottfried Wilhelm Liebniz

70
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Credited with first proof of Fundamental Theorem of Algebra.

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Karl Friedrich Gauss

71
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Father of Accounting

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Luca Pacioli

72
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(0+0=0)

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Brahmagupta

73
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Coined the term logarithm, natural logarithm

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John Napier

74
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show π is irrational

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Johann Heinrich Lambert

75
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“Introductio Arithmetica”

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Nichomacus of Gerasa

76
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Paradoxes (dichotomy, Achilles, arrow, stade)

77
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Theory of perspective

78
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Suggested that irrational proportion is possible, proved that harmonic series is divergent

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Nicole Oresme

79
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Doctrine of Chances

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Abraham de Moivre

80
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credited common logarithm, suggested term mantissa and characteristics

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Henry Briggs

81
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Author of the book where Algebra originated

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Al-Khwarizmi

82
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Theory of Equations, Group Theory, Ring Theory

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Evariste Galois

83
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The Greatest Might Have Been

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Blaise Pascal

84
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Father of Modern Philosophy, Inventor of Analytic Geometry

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Rene Descartes

85
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Author of Liber Abaci and Flos

86
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Wrote Art of Calculation, Harmony of Numbers, War of the Lords

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Levi Ben Gerson

87
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Gregory Quadrature

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James Gregory

88
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Algebra of Logic

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George Boole

89
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Discovered the curves :ellipse, hyperbola, parabola

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Menaechmus

90
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Explain the significance of zero, negative, and fractional exponents. First to present infinity ∞ symbol.

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John Wallis

91
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Invariant theory, zahlbericht

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David Hilbert

92
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Published the earliest map

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Peter Apian

93
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Published treatise with sin, tan, sec for sine

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Albert Girard

94
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First associated the concept of correspondence in the definition of function. discriminant.

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Lejeune Dirichlet

95
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Fleids Medals

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John Charles Fields

96
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Greatest Mathematician of Antiquity

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Archimedes of Syracuse

97
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founder of Modern Pure Geometry

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Lazare Camot

98
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Inventor of Barometer

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Torticelli

99
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difference and analytical engine

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Charles Babbage

100
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Rejected zero as root of an equation, invented exponential notation of great significance

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Nicholas Chuquett

101
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Founder of Medieval School of Mechanics

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Jordanus Nemorarius

102
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Linear Associative Algebras

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Benjamin Pierce

103
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First True Mathematician, Father of Greek Mathematics

104
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The Conics

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Appollonius of Perge

105
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Continue the proof of parallel postulate

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Nasir Al-Din Al-Tusi

106
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Mathematical Collection, Sagacity of Bees, Treasury of Analysis

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Pappus of Alexandria

107
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Law of Gravitational

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Isaac Newton

108
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Mathematical Analysis of Logic, Laws of Thought

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George Boole

109
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“Metrica and Geometrica”, Principle of Least Distance

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Heron of Alexandria

110
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Parallel Postulate

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Johann Heinrich Lambert

111
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Regarded function as any expression made up of variables and constants.

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Johann Bernoulli

112
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Gunter Chain, scale and slide rules

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Edmund Gunter

113
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invented equal sign

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Robert Recorde

114
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Principle of foreshortening

115
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Introduced conventionalism of e as base of natural logarithm

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Leonhard Euler

116
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Magic Squares

117
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Cartography

118
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Principle of Continuity

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Johannes Kepler

119
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Universal Genius

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Wilhelm Gottfried Liebniz

120
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Zero

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