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This 19th century French mathematician did very innovative work with equations and quadratic forms He correspondended at length with other mathematicians and often contributed to their work His wo?
Charles Hermite
This 19th century french mathematician did very inovative work with equations and quadratic forms?
Charles Hermite
Who are the three best mathematician of modern times?
The greatest mathematician of modern times is Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855). He is also known as "Prince of Mathematicians", "greatest mathematician since antiquity" and "German Archimedes". According to Felix Klein, greatest mathematician of the nineteen century, "if we seek heroes of roughly equal stature in the history of our science, only two forerunners of Gauss can be considered to have been equally blessed by nature: Archimedes and Newton" (in "Development of Mathematics in the 19th Century", page 55).
Who invented the subtraction plus and equal and multiplication and division signs?
Robert Recorde, who designed the equals sign, introduced plus and minus in 1557. Brahmagupta was an Indian mathematician who invented the multiplication sign around the 19th century. Johann Rahn first used the division sign in his book Teutshe algebra in 1659.
What is Phthagoras theorem?
Pythagoras's theorem was TT (pi) which is the ratio of the circumference of a circle diameter . The ratio is 3.16 etc and he found that out in the late 19th century.
