Surf these sites: Alex Safronov''s homepage -- The site is to acquaint you with one of the Math&Stat graduate student, currently undertaking a perspective research in Mathematics and Statistics- multidimentional Random Space filling problem. Argand - Jean Robert Argand (1768-1822) -- accountant, amateur mathematician, famed for his geometrical interpretation of the complex numbers where i is interpreted as a rotation through 90, gave concept of the modulus of a complex number. Banach - The Life of Stefan Banach (1892-1945) -- Review of Roman Kaluza''s 1996 book The Life of Stefan Banach Bernoulli, Daniel (1700-1782) -- Most important work considered the basic properties of fluid flow, pressure, density and velocity, and gave their fundamental relationship now known as Bernoulli''s principle. Bessel - Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (1784-1846) -- Catalogued stars, predicted a planet beyond Uranus as well as the existence of dark stars, investigated Johann Kepler''s problem of heliocentricity, and systematized the mathematical functions involved, which now bear his name. Birkhoff - George David Birkhoff (1884-1944) -- First dynamicist in the New World, picked up where Poincare left off, created a rigorous theory of ergodic behavior, and foresaw dynamical models for chaos. Briggs, Henry (1561-1630) -- His work in mathematics was devoted to making computation more easy, known for his publication of tables of logarithms to the base 10, first Logarithmorum chilias prima, 1617, and later Arithmetica logarithmetica, 1624. Brown, Kevin -- MathPages: Tutorials and arguments in recreational and graduate mathematics. Buffon - Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707-1788) -- Proposed the Buffon''s Needle Problem, which asks the probability that a needle of length l will fall on a line when a piece of paper is ruled with parallel lines a distance d apart. Chebyshev - Pafnuty Lvovich Chebyshev (1821-1894) -- Work on prime numbers included the determination of the number of primes not exceeding a given number, wrote an important book on the theory of congruences, proved that there was always at least one prime between n and 2n for n > 3. Clifford A. Pickover''s Home Page -- Clifford A. Pickover Page on Creativity and the Mind, Computer Art, and More. Cohen, Don - The MATHMAN -- What parents, teachers, kids, Martin Gardner, Morris Klein, W.W. Sawyer, the MAA, the ASCD, Kodansha, Mary Pride in her ''Big Book of Home Learning'', The Home Schooling magazine say about Don''s materials Cornelius Lanczos Collection -- Site announces the availability of the Cornelius Lanczos Collected Published Papers with commentaries. Lanczos (1893-1974) was one of the twentieth century''s most versatile and innovative physicists and mathematicians. His papers cover an array of disciplines including general relativity, quantum mechanics, scientific computation, applied mathematics and numerical analysis. De Morgan - Augustus De Morgan (1806- 1871) -- Important innovator in the field of logic, developed De Morgan''s rule to determine the convergence of a mathematical series. Diophantus of Alexandria (c. 200-284 ) -- Best known for his Arithmetica, a work on the theory of numbers, a collection of 130 problems giving numerical solutions of determinate equations. Dirichlet - Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (1805-1859) -- Proved that in any arithmetic progression with first term coprime to the difference there are infinitely many primes, units in algebraic number theory, ideals, proposed the modern definition of a function. Dr Arif Kamal''s Home Page -- Dr Syed Arif Kamal Gold Medallist - MS, PhD Associate Professor Mathematics and Computer Science University of Karachi Draghia, Dumitru D. -- Continuity in Banach Algebras Ecker - Recreational & Educational Computing, Dr. Michael W. Ecker''s Home Page -- "REC gets better and better. I would not want to miss a single issue!" Martin Gardner, world-famous recreational mathematics author Encyclopedia.com -- Electric Library - Short articles with photos. Eratosthenes -- (Encarta® Concise Encyclopedia Article) Erdos - The man who loved only numbers, Paul Erdos (1913-1996) -- math genius, eccentric, mathematician, math prodigy, Worlds Largest Number in a Mathematical Proof Erdos Number Project Home Page -- Erdös numbers have been a part of the folklore of mathematicians throughout the world for many years. Here are liste people with Erdös number at most 2. Erdös Number Project -- Research into the collaboration graph centered around mathematician Paul Erdös. Eric Weisstein''s World of Mathematics -- Huge encyclopedia with nearly all Math terms explained. Fisher - Ronald Aylmer Fisher (1890-1962) -- Made important discoveries in statistics (eg. maximum likelihood), genetics, selection and (genetic) dominance. It could be said that he invented a large part of modern statistics. Goldbach, Christian (1690-1764) -- Did important work in number theory, much of it in correspondence with Euler, best remembered for his conjecture that every even integer greater than 2 can be represented as the sum of two primes. Hamilton - Sir William Rowan Hamilton (1805-1865) -- Characteristic Function in Optics, General Method in Dynamics, Equations of the Fifth Degree, Quaternions Hesse - Ludwig Otto Hesse (1811-1874) -- Main work was in the development of the theory algebraic functions and the theory of invariants. He introduced the Hessian determinant in a paper in 1842 during an investigation of cubic and quadratic curves. Huygens, Christiaan (1629-1695) -- Dutch physicist who was the leading proponent of the wave theory of Light, was also the mentor of Leibniz in math and mechanics. JACOBI, Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (1804-1851) -- Elliptic functions, determinant theory, theory of numbers, theory of both ordinary and partial differential equations, the calculus of variations, the three-boby problem, and other dynamical problems. John Paulos -- Mathematician, author, Temple University. Jordan - Marie Ennemond Camille Jordan (1838-1922) -- Introduced important topological concepts in 1866, was particularly interested in the theory of finite groups. Joyce - David Joyce''s Home Page -- Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, Clark University, Worcester, MA, 01610. Ph.D. Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania, 1979. Research interests: mathematics and computer science. Kalamangalam, Giridhar -- a neurologist who works on mathematical modelling of nonlinear dynamical processes known to occur in physiology. Kanada - Yasusi Kanada''s Hub Page -- Papers on information extraction, search and organization. Explanation of self-reproductive Web page. CCM (Chemical Casting Model) is a model for emergent computation. Keith, Michael - Mike Keith''s World of Words, Numbers, and Notes -- A puzzle-poem, Alphametic puzzles, numerical chess problem, Polygonal Pi Patterns, The Number of the Beast 666 Klein, Felix (1849-1925) -- Plücker''s assistant at Bonn who studied Analytic Geometry, describing geometry as the study of properties of figures which remain invariant under a Group of Transformations. He systemized Non-Euclidean Geometry. Kronecker - Leopold Kronecker (1823-1891) -- Pimary contributions were in the theory of equations and higher algebra; elliptic functions, theory of algebraic equations, and the theory of algebraic numbers. L''Hospital - Guillaume François Antoine l''Hospital, Marquis de St.-Mesme (1661-1704) -- Put together the first treatise on calculus, published in 1696 under the title Analyse des infiniment petits. Lambert - Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728 - 1777) -- In a memoir in 1768 on transcendental magnitudes he proved that pi is incommensurable. Lebesgue - Henri Léon Lebesgue (1875-1941) -- Formulated the theory of measure in 1901 and in 1902 gave the definition of the Lebesgue integral. Legendre - Adrien-Marie Legendre (1752-1833) -- His major work on elliptic integrals provided basic analytical tools for mathematical physics, in 1782 he determined attractive force by introducing an infinite series of polynomials Pn now called Legendre polynomials. Lie - Sophus Lie (1842-1899) -- His study of contact transformations arising from partial differential equations led him to develop Lie groups. This is now a central part of 20th-century mathematics, important in quantum theory. Liouville - Joseph Liouville (1809–1882) -- Laid the foundations of the theory of linear differential equations, gave first proof of the existence of transcendental functions. Lipschitz - Rudolf Otto Sigismund Lipschitz (1832-1903) -- Worked on quadratic differential forms and mechanics. His work on the Hamilton-Jacobi method for integrating the equations of motion of a general dynamical system led to important applications in celestial mechanics. Lockshin - Jeffrey Lockshin''s Olympiad Math Madness -- Collection of mathematical problems, invented for mathematical olympiads the world over, and many of them are hard to find in English. Luke''s Marin Mersenne Page -- A collection of pages about, and links to, Marin Mersenne(1588-1648), French philosopher, mathematician, Minim theologian, and scientist. López-Ortiz, Alex - Prof. Lopez-Ortiz'' Home Page -- Frequently Asked Questions in Mathematics, On-line Path Planning, Position Independent Street Searching, Lower Bounds for Searching in Generalized Streets, Adaptive Set Intersections. Machin, John (1680-1751) -- Machin''s Method of Approximating Pi, PI = 16 arctan(1/5) - 4 arctan(1/239). Merriman - Barry Merriman -- Genetics, Nuclear fusion energy ( UCLA , UCSD), Software for modeling complex fluid flows Numerical Methods Moivre - Abraham de Moivre (1667-1754) -- Pioneer in PROBABILITY theory and TRIGONOMETRY, discovered the approximation of the BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION known as the NORMAL DISTRIBUTION. He also investigated mortality statistics, devised DE MOIVRE''S THEOREM. Monge - Gaspard Monge, Conte de Péluse (1746-1818) -- The father of differential geometry, he devised a system called Geometrie descriptive, now known as orthographic projection, the graphical method used in modern mechanical drawing. Möbius - August Ferdinand Möbius (1790-1868) -- best known for his work in topology, especially for his conception of the Möbius strip, a two dimensional surface with only one side. NAPIER - JOHN NAPIER (1550-1617) -- PHILOSOPHER and MATHEMATICIAN, INVENTOR of LOGARITHMS, INVENTOR of the DECIMAL POINT. Neumann, John von (1903 - 1957) -- built a solid framework for quantum mechanics, worked in game theory, pioneers of computer science and von Neumann algebras. Noether - Emmy Amalie Noether (1882-1935) -- Best known for her contributions to abstract algebra, in particular, her study of chain conditions on ideals of rings, father was Max Noether. Noether, Max (1844-1921) -- One of the leaders of nineteenth century algebraic geometry. Noll - Landon Curt Noll''s home page -- chongo, prime, Mersenne, computer, programmer, calc, lavarand, number theory, crytography, crytoplogy, Usenet, INN, bio, biography, vita, resume Offner - Carl Offner -- Includes: 1. Expository papers in mathematics and computer science. 2. A critique of dumbing down of mathematics and science education, as proposed by Theodore Sizer and some other educational theorists. Peano, Giuseppe (1858-1932) -- Pioneer in mathematical logic and axiomatization of mathematics, important discoveries in the field of analysis, leading authoritie on auxiliary languages. Pearson, Karl (1857-1936) -- Applied statistics to biological problems of heredity and evolution. Plouffe - Page Maison de Simon Plouffe''s Home Page -- Plouffe''s Inverter : 85 million constants on-line, latest records of computations of constants, Identities for Zeta(2*n+1) found using LLL algorithm inspired by Ramanujan Notebooks Poincare - Henri Poincare (1854-1912) -- ounded the modern qualitative theory of dynamical systems, created topology, The Problem of Three Bodies and the Equations of Equilibrium, the first signs of Chaos Poisson - Siméon Denis Poisson (1781-1840) -- Most important works were a series of papers on definite integrals and his advances in Fourier series, important work on probability the Poisson distribution first appeared. Poncelet - Jean Victor Poncelet (1788-1867) -- His development of the pole and polar lines associated with conics led to the principle of duality, applied mechanics to improve turbines and waterwheels more than doubling the efficiency of the waterwheel. Ribenboim, Paulo - The New Book of Prime Number Records, Additions and Errata -- Ribenboim has named this the "official" site for the collections of typos and errata from his text. Rowlett - Russ Rowlett''s Home Page -- Mathematics educator at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, serving as Director of the Center for Mathematics and Science Education. Russell - Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) -- British philosopher, logician, essayist, and renowned peace advocate. Seki - Takakazu Seki Kowa (1642-1708) -- Born into a samurai warrior family, Seki derives from the noble family who adopted him, an infant prodigy in mathematics, self-educated in mathematics, known as ''The Arithmetical Sage'', a term which is carved on his tombstone. Severi - Francesco Severi (1879-1961) -- His most important contributions are to algebraic geometry, work on enumerative geometry and birational geometry of surfaces. Shallit - Home page of Jeffrey O. Shallit -- Algorithmic number theory (primality testing, factoring, etc.), formal languages and automata theory (especially connections with number theory), history of mathematics and computer science, ethical use of computers. Shasha, Dennis -- biological computing, fault-tolerant parallel computing, professor of Computer Science at New-York University, author of "The Puzzling Adventures of Dr. Ecco" (Dover, 1998), "Code, Puzzles and Conspiracy" (W.H. Freeman & Co., 1992). Simpson, Thomas (1710-1761) -- Best remembered for his work on interpolation and numerical methods of integration, first job was as a weaver, taught mathematics privately, write texts on mathematics. Smith - !!! Fun With Mathematics !!! -- Harry J. Smith''s Home Page -- Fun math stuff, like computing Pi, Perfect numbers, Fibonacci Numbers, The Tesseract A look into 4-dimensional space, ... Somos - Michael Somos at CSU Home Page -- interested in mathematics and computers, particularly software like Linux and Forth, Four Color Theorem, knot theory, Somos Polynomials, rational triangles, The busy beaver Turing Machine contest Stirling, James (1692-1770) -- Studied infinite series, summation, interpolation and quadrature. Stokes - George Gabriel Stokes (1819-1903) -- Established the science of hydrodynamics with his law of viscosity. Tartaglia - Niccolo Fontana known as Tartaglia (1499-1557) -- Few European mathematicians of the 16th century had been as directly affected by war, In 1512 he received a facial wound during the sack of Brescia by the French. Left with a speech defect he adopted the nickname of Tartaglia (''stammerer''). Taylor, Brook (1685-1731) -- Invented the method for expanding functions in terms of polynomials about an arbitrary point known as Taylor Series, Taylor series were a generalization of the Maclaurin Series. The History of Mathematics -- History of Mathematics archive at the School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin. Tommila - The WWW Home Page of Mikko Tommila -- Computers, Linux, Windows, Mathematics, number theoretic transforms, Movies, especially horror and violence, Music, Tennis, downhill skiing Turing - Alan Turing - Home Page (1912 - 1954) -- Founder of computer science, mathematician, philosopher, codebreaker, strange visionary and a gay man before his time Vičte - Francois Vičte (1540-1603) -- Introduced the first systematic algebraic notation, during the war with Spain (1590), Vičte served Henry IV of France and deciphered the Spanish code in intercepted messages. Walter Schachermayer -- Home page of Walter Schachermayer Full Professor of Mathematics at Department of Statistics, Group for Actuarial and Financial Mathematics, University of Technology Vienna, Austria Weierstraß - Karl Weierstraß (1815-1897) -- German mathematician who is considered the father of modern Analysis. His father enrolled him in law school, where Weierstraß majored in fencing and beer-drinking. He left without his degree. Welcome to Remus Floricel''s home page -- you can find here some informations about operator algebras and about myself. Weyl - Hermann Weyl (1885-1955) -- The greatest mathematician of his generation, Weyl made major contributions to Quantum Mechanics and Relativity Theory, and created a new branch of mathematics by uniting function theory and geometry, worked with Einstein. Whitehead - Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947) -- British mathematician, logician and philosopher, in collaboration with Bertrand Russell, authored the landmark three-volume Principia Mathematica (1910, 1912, 1913). Woltman, George - GIMPS The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search -- GIMPS is dedicated to a rigorous search for new Mersenne primes. Our goal is to test every Mersenne number with an exponent less than 20,500,000.
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