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What pair of Greek mathematicians made great advances in geometry?
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What is euclid geometry?
Euclid was a man - a great geometer of the ancient world. Your question should read "What is Euclidean geometry ?" The answer is : Euclidean geometry is that geometry that is based on all Euclid's axioms and postulates, including the one that says "Given a straight line on the plane and a point on the plane that is not on the line, then there can be drawn through the point and on the plane, exactly one line that never intersects the first line." Euclid knew quite well that this last was only a postulate, and that it might be possible to construct a self consistent geometry with this postulate different. It was not until the 19th century that other mathematicians caught on to this, and came up with alternative geometries. When we talk about geometries on a surface then the crucial question is whether the surface is flat - if it is then geometry is Euclidean. If the surface is curved then it isn't. Of course, we amost always do our geometry on a flat surface if we can. We can't if we are trying to navigate on the surface of the earth which is curved. The question becomes really important when we go to three dimensions; what is the geometry of space, is it curved and if so which way. The new geometries were another one of the mathematicians' pretty toys until Einstein showed us that space was in fact curved.
What did Archimedes Newton Gauss Euler Grothendieck do?
They were great mathematicians. Archimedes, Gauss and Newton are probably the greatest ever.
What Great Mathematicians are still alive?
Andrew Wiley, who solved Fermat's Last Theorem. Andrew Wiley, who solved Fermat's Last Theorem.
A great greek mathematician and inventor?
Archimedes
A great greek mathematician and inventor the principal of buoyancy was his most famous discovery?
Archimedes
Who are the 5 mathematicians of geometry?
gurman singh is the famous and great mathematician of geometry
Is math Greek?
I am not sure what you want to know, but surely math is not just Greek. The ancient Greeks made great and fundamental contributions to math , particularly in Geometry and there are modern Greek mathematicians , but the field has expanded exponentially since the heyday of the Greek geometers -excellent mathematicians are now found all over the world. Mathematicians often used Greek letters, but this is only a notational convenience- has nothing to do with the Greek language.
What are 4 mathematicians contribute in geometry?
Four great mathematicians who contributed to geometry are Pythagoras, Euclid, Rene Descartes and Bernhard Riemann. Pythagoras contributed the Pythagorean theorem. Euclid's geometrical works helped develop geometry in many ways. Descartes contributed Cartesian Geometry. Riemann's contribution can be seen in the form of Riemannian Geometry.
Who are the great mathematicians and their contributions in analytic geometry?
Analytical geometry was founded by the French mathematician, Renee Descartes. As for subsequent contributors to that subject, I will leave that for other contributors to add.
Great mathematicians who contributed the study of geometry?
Leonhard Euler ,Gaspard Monge ,Jean-Victor Poncelet , Jakob Steiner
What are some famous people who contributed to geometry?
The most famous people that contributed to geometry were Euclid and those great Alexandrian mathematicians who followed his teachings at the university of Alexandria, Egypt: Eratosthenes, Archimedes, Apollonius of Perga, Ptolemy, Diophantus, and Hipparchus. Alexandrian mathematics was a blend of Greek, Babylonian, and Egyptian mathematics, along with theories from countless other mathematicians throughout the Middle East and Asia, particularly from Arabia, India, China, and Rome. Many of the advances in geometry and mathematics were used in what eventually became known as physics. The founders of modern science during the scientific revolution of the 17th century, Nicolaus Copernicus, Johannes Kepler, Galileo Galilei, and Isaac Newton, proved many of their theories by using the Euclidian geometry of Alexandria.
What is the first book of geometry?
It must be the book written by the great Greek teacher Euclid.
Were the Aztecs fine astronomers and mathematicians?
No, it was the Mayans that were great astronomers and mathematicians
Information on mathematicians?
Aristotle was a great Greek mathematician who developed squares and square roots U will probably find more on google & on answers.com
Information about 5 great mathematicians?
Pythagoras was born on 570 BC in Greek. He is responsible for Pythagoras theorem. Rene Descartes, born on 1596 in France, is responsible for Cartesian coordinate or graph system. George Boole, born on 1815 in English, was the founder of Boolean logic. Euclid, a Greek mathematician was responsible for Euclid's Geometry and book called Euclid's Elements. Thales, a Greek, was born on 624BC came up with five geometrical theorems.
Who were great mathematicians?
Leonardo Fibonacci
Who founded pi?
The great Indian mathematicians Aarya Bhata in 5th century
