Mathematicians

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Mathematicians

Mr. Clutter

Villegas Middle School

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Pythagoras

569 B.C. – 475 B.C.

Greece

First pure mathematician

5 beliefs

Secret society

Pythagorean theorem

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Aristotle

384 B.C. – 322 B.C.

Greece

Philosopher

Studied mathematics in relation to science

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Euclid

325 B.C. – 265 B.C.

Greece

Wrote The Elements

Geometry today

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Al-Khwarizmi

780 A.D.-850 A.D.

Baghdad (in Iraq)

1st book on Algebra

Algebra

Natural Number

Equation

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Leonardo da Vinci

1452 A.D. - 1519 A.D.

Italy

Geometry with mechanical methods

Painter

Architect

Mechanic

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Galileo Galilei

1564 A.D. – 1642 A.D.

Italy

Teacher

Astrology

Mathematician

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De L’hopital

1661 A.D. – 1704 A.D.

France

Differential Calculus

L”Hopital’s Rule

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Leonhard Euler

1707 A.D. – 1783 A.D.

Switzerland

Mechanica (book on mathematical analysis)

Calculus of variations

Analytic Geometry

Trigonometry

Symbols