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Raymond Merrill Smullyan (/ ˈ s m ʌ l i ə n /; May 25, 1919 – February 6, 2017) [1] [2] [3] was an American mathematician, magician, concert pianist, logician, Taoist, and philosopher. Born in Far Rockaway , New York, Smullyan's first career choice was in stage magic.
Limit (mathematics) Limit of a function. ... Differential (calculus) ... This page was last edited on 10 February 2024, ...
Marston Morse applied calculus of variations in what is now called Morse theory. [6] Lev Pontryagin, Ralph Rockafellar and F. H. Clarke developed new mathematical tools for the calculus of variations in optimal control theory. [6] The dynamic programming of Richard Bellman is an alternative to the calculus of variations. [7] [8] [9] [c]
Godfrey Harold Hardy FRS [1] (7 February 1877 – 1 December 1947) [2] was an English mathematician, known for his achievements in number theory and mathematical analysis. [3] [4] In biology, he is known for the Hardy–Weinberg principle, a basic principle of population genetics.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 February 2025. American child prodigy (1898–1944) William James Sidis Sidis at his Harvard graduation (1914) Born (1898-04-01) April 1, 1898 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Died July 17, 1944 (1944-07-17) (aged 46) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Other names John W. Shattuck Frank Folupa Parker Greene Jacob ...
The ancient period introduced some of the ideas that led to integral calculus, but does not seem to have developed these ideas in a rigorous and systematic way. . Calculations of volumes and areas, one goal of integral calculus, can be found in the Egyptian Moscow papyrus (c. 1820 BC), but the formulas are only given for concrete numbers, some are only approximately true, and they are not ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 19 January 2025. Main article: Child prodigy This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. John von Neumann as a child In psychology research literature, the term child prodigy is defined as a ...
Chapter 1, "Siren Songs", and chapter 2, "Song of Odysseus", set up the premise of the book: 3,000 years ago, Nino was befriended by a siren who gave him the gift of eternal life and health in thanks for his friendship. The rest of the book consists of stories from various points in history, connected only by Nino's involvement.