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University of St. Andrews: Zu Chongzhi
The University of St. Andrews offers a biography of Zu Chongzhi, a Chinese astronomer and mathematician.
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University of St. Andrews: The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra
Contains a brief historical description of how the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra evolved.
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University of St. Andrews: Rene Descartes
This site from the University of St Andrews gives a factual biography of Rene Descartes. Many interesting links are provided.
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University of St. Andrews: Brahmagupta
Brahmagupta was a mathematician and an astronomer. He is responsible for the addition and multiplication properties of zero.
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University of St. Andrews: Marin Mersenne
Even though his equation to determine all prime numbers did not succeed, it did help the investigation of large prime numbers.
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University of St. Andrews: Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
A contributor to number theory and calculus, Jacobi is known for his work on the functional determinant, which is now called the Jacobian.
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University of St. Andrews: Srinivasa Ramanujan
University of St. Andrews provides a biography on Srinivasa Ramanujan and his mathematical works.
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University of St. Andrews: Mac Tutor History of Mathematics Archive
The University of St. Andrews, Scotland, presents hundreds of biographies of famous mathematicians, histories of math in various cultures, and interesting facts on the development of important math concepts. This is a huge reference....
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University of St. Andrews: History of Matrices
The University of St. Andrews allows you to look through the history of matrices.
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University of St. Andrews: Helena Rasiowa
Helena Rasiowa was a Polish mathematician who achieved great mathematical accomplishments despite the dangers she faced during the German invasion of Poland. Read more about her life and work in this biography.
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University of St. Andrews: Dusa Mc Duff
Margaret Dusa Waddington, who is now known as Dusa McDuff, is a well known lecturer of mathematics. The University of St. Andrews outlines some of her work and achievements in mathematics.
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University of St. Andrews: Norbert Wiener
University of St. Andrews provides a biography on Norbert Wiener and his mathematical works.
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University of St. Andrews: Hermann Gunter Grassmann
The vector methods, called Grassmannian, are Grassmann's most significant work. His work took many years to be adopted, but it has since been used in studying calculus and geometry.
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University of St. Andrews: George Peacock
The distributive property is one of Peacock's discoveries. He divided algebra into two categories, arithmetical algebra and symbolic algebra.
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University of St. Andrews: Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet
A biography of Dirichlet's personal life and on his mathematical findings, mainly in calculus and number theory.
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University of St. Andrews: Galileo Biography
A detailed report of Galileo's biography by the University of St. Andrews. Bibliography information is given, as well as other websites with additional information.
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University of St. Andrews: James Clerk Maxwell
Research resources for James Maxwell (1831-1879), who did revolutionary work on electricity and magnetism and on the kinetic theory of gases.
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University of St. Andrews: A Visit to James Clerk Maxwell's House
From the MacTutor History of Mathematics website, this page allows students to see the Edinburgh home of the 19th century Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell.
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University of St. Andrews: Thomas Young
A short biographical sketch of Thomas Young's (1863- 1942) life as a mathematician and a scientist. Gives an account of his birth and the final years of his life.
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University of St. Andrews: Epicycloid
Very cool site. Allows you to zoom in/out and add evolutes, involutes, etc.
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University of St. Andrews: Emmy Amalie Noether
The School of Mathematics and Statistics of St. Andrew's University provides biographical information on the mathematical career of Emmy Noether. Included are links to other famous individuals with whom she worked and links to her topics...
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University of St. Andrews: Biography of Thomas Muir
The School of Mathematics and Statistics of St. Andrew's University provides biographical information on the mathematical career of Thomas Muir. Included are links to other famous individuals with whom he worked and links to his topics...
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University of St. Andrews: Jacob (Jacques) Bernoulli
This site, which is provided for by the University of St. Andrews, contains information on the life of Bernoulli.
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University of St. Andrews: Biography of Jacob Bernoulli
The School of Mathematics and Statistics of St. Andrew's University provides biographical information on the mathematical career of Jacob Bernoulli. Included are links to other famous individuals with whom he worked and links to his...