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Pandrosion (4th century AD), ancient Greek mathematician predating Hypatia, developed an approximation for cube roots; Erika Pannwitz (1904–1975), German geometric topologist who proved that every knot has a quadrisecant; Anna Panorska, Polish-American expert on extreme events in stochastic processes and on the effect of weather on baseball
Hypatia wrote in Greek, which was the language spoken by most educated people in the Eastern Mediterranean at the time. [26] In classical antiquity, astronomy was seen as being essentially mathematical in character. [125] Furthermore, no distinction was made between mathematics and numerology or astronomy and astrology. [125]
Roger Apéry (1916–1994) - Professor of mathematics and mechanics at the University of Caen Proved the irrationality of zeta(3). [11] Tom M. Apostol (1923–2016) - Professor of mathematics in California Institute of Technology, [12] he has authored a number of books about mathematics.
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1858: Florence Nightingale became the first female member of the Royal Statistical Society. [10] 1873: Sarah Woodhead of Britain became the first woman to take the Cambridge Mathematical Tripos Exam, which she passed. [11] 1874: Russian mathematician Sofya Kovalevskaya became the first woman to earn a doctorate (in the modern sense) in ...
Greece portal This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Greek mathematicians . It includes mathematicians that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
Female Pythagoreans are some of the first female philosophers from which texts have survived. Theano of Croton , the wife of Pythagoras, is considered a major figure in early-Pythagoreanism. She was noted as distinguished philosopher and in the lore that surrounds her, is said to have taken over the leadership of the school after his death.
Pandrosion of Alexandria (Ancient Greek: Πανδροσίων) was a mathematician in fourth-century-AD Alexandria, discussed in the Mathematical Collection of Pappus of Alexandria and known for having possibly developed an approximate method for doubling the cube. Although there is disagreement on the subject, Pandrosion is believed by many ...