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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 January 2025. Indian mathematician and astronomer (598–668) Brahmagupta Born c. 598 CE Bhillamala, Gurjaradesa, Chavda kingdom (modern day Bhinmal, Rajasthan, India) Died c. 668 CE (aged c. 69–70) Ujjain, Chalukya Empire (modern day Madhya Pradesh, India) Known for Rules for computing with Zero ...
Sherry Li, Chinese-American developer of sparse parallel solvers for systems of linear equations; Winnie Li (born 1948), Chinese-American researcher in number theory, coding theory, automorphic forms, and spectral graph theory; Paulette Libermann (1919–2007), French specialist in differential geometry
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (or Leibnitz; [a] 1 July 1646 [O.S. 21 June] – 14 November 1716) was a German polymath active as a mathematician, philosopher, scientist and diplomat who is credited, alongside Sir Isaac Newton, with the creation of calculus in addition to many other branches of mathematics, such as binary arithmetic and statistics.
The decimal number system in use today [3] was first recorded in Indian mathematics. [4] Indian mathematicians made early contributions to the study of the concept of zero as a number, [ 5 ] negative numbers , [ 6 ] arithmetic , and algebra . [ 7 ]
Maya numerals used a base of twenty, the vigesimal system, instead of a base of ten that forms the basis of the decimal system used by most modern cultures. [164] The Maya used mathematics to create the Maya calendar as well as to predict astronomical phenomena in their native Maya astronomy . [ 164 ]
We've got 16 famous people and celebrities born on July 4. Tom Cruise may have starred in the Oscar-winning 1989 film Born on the Fourth of July , but he missed it being his actual birthday (July ...
Chebyshev. Georg Cantor, inventor of set theory.Cantor was born into the Russian Empire, moving to Saxony with his family at age 11. Sergey Chaplygin, author of Chaplygin's equation important in aerodynamics and notion of Chaplygin gas.
Break the mold and step out into the world like a rebel: it’s Aquarius season! The Sun dances through the skies of Aquarius from Jan. 20 until Feb. 18.