MTP 656 - History of Mathematics
Biography Subjects
Fall 2011
Mathematician Approximate Date of Presentation Claimed by
Eratosthenes September 27 Profbradley
Maria Gaetana Agnesi October 4 Profbradley
Diophantus October 11 John
Al-Khwarizmi October 11 Magdalena
Levi ben Gershon October 11 Rebecca
Leonardo of Pisa October 18 Laura J.
Luca Pacioli October 18 Amanda
Francois Viete October 18 Christopher
John Napier November 1 Carissa
Pierre de Fermat November 1 Dan
Rene Descartes November 1 Neil
Blaise Pascal November 1 Alex
Marquis de L'Hopital November 8 Christina
Daniel Bernoulli November 8 Nicole
Jean D'Alembert November 8 Leya
Joseph Louis Lagrange November 8 Steve
Adrien Marie Legendre November 15 Jacqueline
Joseph Fourier November 15 Laura R.
Carl Friedrich Gauss November 15 Kristin
Sophie Germain November 15 Kaitlin
Niels Henrik Abel November 22 Sam
Evariste Galois November 22 Brittany
Augustin-Louis Cauchy November 22 Mercy