FATHERS OF MATHEMATICS

Euclid of Alexandria - “The laws of nature are but the mathematical thoughts of God”

- A Greek mathematician known as a ‘Father of Geometry’

- Geometry came from greek roots; Geo - Earth ; Metry - Measurement

René Descartes - “I think, therefore I am.”

- Known to be the ‘Father of Analytical Geometry’

- Analytical Geometry bridges the algebra and geometry

Gaspard Monge - Known to be the ‘Father of Descriptive Geometry’

- Descriptive geometry is act of making 3 dimensional models in a 2 dimensional planes.

Muhammad ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi - Said to be the ‘Father of Algebra’

- Algebra derived from portion of his famous book “Al-Kitab al-mukhtasar fi hisab al-jabr
wa’l-muqabala” (The Compendious book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing)

- Algebra state a mathematical relationship and equation

Emmy Noether - Known in the field of Modern Algebra

- Famous for Noether’s Theorem state the relationship of conservation of laws and
mathematical symmetry.

- Noether bridges the physics and mathematics

Jules Henri Poincare - Known as the ‘Father of Algebraic Topology’

- Algebraic Topology used to study transformations of geometric objects

- The first person to discover a chaotic deterministic system

Pythagoras of Samos - Famous for Pythagorean Theorem, applicable for right triangles

- Said to be the ‘Father of Number Theory’

Pierre De Fermat - Usually given credit to be the ‘Father of Modern Number Theory’

- Number theory was used for algorithm, programming, even in calculations.

Hipparchus of Nicaea - Consequently known as the ‘Father of Trigonometry’

- First person to tabulate the corresponding values of arcs and chords for a series of angles

Karl Theodor Willhelm Weierstrass - Known as the ‘Father of Modern Analysis’

- Modern analysis is the branch of mathematics that includes calculus and the study of
infinite processes.

Isaac Newton - Credited as one of the ‘Father of Calculus’

- Calculus deals with limits, continuity, derivatives, integrals, and infinite series.

Gottfried Willhelm Leibniz - Credited as one of the ‘Father of Calculus’