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Liu Hui (fl. 3rd century CE) was a Chinese mathematician who published a commentary in 263 CE on Jiu Zhang Suan Shu (The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art). [2] He was a descendant of the Marquis of Zixiang of the Eastern Han dynasty and lived in the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period (220–280 CE) of China.
Srinivasa Ramanujan Aiyangar [a] (22 December 1887 – 26 April 1920) was an Indian mathematician.Often regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians of all time, though he had almost no formal training in pure mathematics, he made substantial contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series, and continued fractions, including solutions to mathematical problems then ...
Bernstein inequalities (probability theory) Boole's inequality; Borell–TIS inequality; BRS-inequality; Burkholder's inequality; Burkholder–Davis–Gundy inequalities; Cantelli's inequality; Chebyshev's inequality; Chernoff's inequality; Chung–Erdős inequality; Concentration inequality; Cramér–Rao inequality; Doob's martingale inequality
This list includes Wikipedia articles for people from the African diaspora who have postgraduate degrees in mathematics or statistics, have worked in mathematics, or are known for mathematical accomplishments in the United States (African-Americans). The list is grouped by the time the person's first degree in mathematics was awarded, or when ...
Catherine Bandle (born 1943), Swiss expert on differential equations and isoperimetric inequalities; Selenne Bañuelos (born 1985), Mexican-American mathematician and mathematical biologist; Hélène Barcelo (born 1954), mathematician from Québec, former editor-in-chief of Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A
Significant inequalities in income and wealth are found when specific socially defined categories of people are compared. Among the most pervasive of these variables are sex / gender , race , and ethnicity as they contribute to great factors in society as they form and limit many parts of the economy. [ 43 ]
Famous people born on Leap Day. Leap Day babies make up a small percentage of the population, but several notable people have been born on Feb. 29 in even-numbered years. Here are a few notable names:
Melvil Dewey (1851–1931), originator of Dewey Decimal System; Amy Dickinson (born 1959), Chicago Tribune advice columnist; Anna Bowman Dodd (1858–1929), author; Amanda Minnie Douglas (1831–1916), writer; Frederick Douglass (1818–1895), editor and publisher of abolitionist newspapers such as The North Star; Arthur Dove (1880–1946), artist