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    A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are...
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  • Chartered Mathematician (CMath) is a professional qualification in Mathematics awarded to professional practising mathematicians by the Institute of Mathematics...
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  • feature films and documentaries that include mathematicians, scientists who use math or references to mathematicians. Films where mathematics is central to...
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  • A Mathematician's Apology is a 1940 essay by British mathematician G. H. Hardy, which offers a defence of the pursuit of mathematics. Central to Hardy's...
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    John Dee (13 July 1527 – 1608 or 1609) was an English mathematician, astronomer, teacher, astrologer, occultist, and alchemist. He was the court astronomer...
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  • French applied mathematician, studies superfluids and the mathematics of footracing Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718–1799), Italian mathematician and philosopher...
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  • three other mathematicians. Creativity and rigor are not the only psychological aspects of the activity of mathematicians. Some mathematicians can see their...
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  • mathematicians List of African-American mathematicians List of Bengali mathematicians List of Brazilian mathematicians List of Chinese mathematicians...
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    1928 – May 23, 2015), known and published as John Nash, was an American mathematician who made fundamental contributions to game theory, real algebraic geometry...
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    1938 – May 10, 2024) was an American hedge fund manager, investor, mathematician, and philanthropist. At the time of his death, Simons's net worth was...
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    Chinese mathematicians. Things grew quiet for a time until the thirteenth century Renaissance of Chinese math. This saw Chinese mathematicians solving...
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  • system in use today was first recorded in Indian mathematics. Indian mathematicians made early contributions to the study of the concept of zero as a number...
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  • Categories for the Working Mathematician (CWM) is a textbook in category theory written by American mathematician Saunders Mac Lane, who cofounded the...
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    may later turn out to be useful for practical applications, but pure mathematicians are not primarily motivated by such applications. Instead, the appeal...
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    Latin: Claudius Ptolemaeus; c. 100 – c. 170 AD) was an Alexandrian mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist who wrote about...
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    Survey Written for the Cultured Non-Mathematician is a popular mathematics book written by Russian-American mathematician Tobias Dantzig. The original U.S...
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    (November 26, 1894 – March 18, 1964) was an American computer scientist, mathematician and philosopher. He became a professor of mathematics at the Massachusetts...
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    Horton Conway FRS (26 December 1937 – 11 April 2020) was an English mathematician active in the theory of finite groups, knot theory, number theory, combinatorial...
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    Westmorland – 18 October 1793, Kendal, Westmorland) was an English mathematician and judge. Wilson's theorem is named after him. Wilson attended school...
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    to the 6th century AD, around the shores of the Mediterranean. Greek mathematicians lived in cities spread over the entire region, from Anatolia to Italy...
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    This list of Russian mathematicians includes the famous mathematicians from the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation. Contents: ...
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  • Samuel Merrill III (born 1939) is an American mathematician, social choice theorist, and political scientist best known for his work on alternative voting...
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    transmission of algebraic knowledge to Europe, significantly influencing mathematicians during the Renaissance and shaping the evolution of modern mathematics...
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    French mathematician, known for his foundational work in number theory and algebraic geometry. He was one of the most influential mathematicians of the...
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  • This is a List of German mathematicians. Contents 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also Ilka Agricola Rudolf Ahlswede Wilhelm...
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  • Mahaviracharya, "Mahavira the Teacher") was a 9th-century Indian Jain mathematician possibly born in Mysore, in India. He authored Gaṇita-sāra-saṅgraha...
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  • How to Think Like a Mathematician: A Companion to Undergraduate Mathematics is a book by Kevin Houston, a senior lecturer in mathematics at the University...
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  • stories and coincidences about mathematics, and the personal lives of mathematicians. Mathematical games are multiplayer games whose rules, strategies, and...
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  • A mathematician is a scholar in the fields of mathematics. They solve and research mathematical problems which can be applied in real life or completely...
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    cities of Luoyang and Chang'an, he achieved success as an astronomer, mathematician, seismologist, hydraulic engineer, inventor, geographer, cartographer...
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