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Pages in category "15th-century mathematicians" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
This is a timeline of pure and applied mathematics history.It is divided here into three stages, corresponding to stages in the development of mathematical notation: a "rhetorical" stage in which calculations are described purely by words, a "syncopated" stage in which quantities and common algebraic operations are beginning to be represented by symbolic abbreviations, and finally a "symbolic ...
Sankara Variyar (IAST: Śaṅkara Vāriyar; c. 1500 – c. 1560 [1]) was an astronomer-mathematician of the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics. His family were employed as temple-assistants in the temple at Tṛkkuṭaveli near modern Ottapalam. [2]
However, except for a couple, most of Madhava's original works have been lost. He is referred to in the work of subsequent Kerala mathematicians, particularly in Nilakantha Somayaji's Tantrasangraha (c. 1500), as the source for several infinite series expansions, including sin θ and arctan θ.
Nicolas Chuquet (French:; born c. 1445 – c. 1455; died c. 1488 – c. 1500) was a French mathematician. He invented his own notation for algebraic concepts and exponentiation. He may have been the first mathematician to recognize zero and negative numbers as exponents. [1]
Gerolamo Cardano (Italian: [dʒeˈrɔːlamo karˈdaːno]; also Girolamo [1] or Geronimo; [2] French: Jérôme Cardan; Latin: Hieronymus Cardanus; 24 September 1501– 21 September 1576) was an Italian polymath whose interests and proficiencies ranged through those of mathematician, physician, biologist, physicist, chemist, astrologer, astronomer, philosopher, music theorist, writer, and ...
The History of the National Association of Mathematicians (NAM): The First Thirty (30) Years, 1969–1999. NAM. [12] Kenschaft, Patricia Clark (2005). Change is possible: Stories of women and minorities in mathematics. [212] Lang, Mozell P. Contributions of African American scientists and mathematicians. Harcourt School Publishers. [213]
Johannes Dryander, also known as Johannes Eichmann (1500-1560), was an academic. ... He continued his work on astrology and mathematics until his death in 1560. [3]