10 GREATEST MATHEMATICIANS

10. Pythagoras of Samos 570BC-495BC

Pythagoras of Samos was an Ionian Greek mathematician, philosopher,

and founder of the Pythagoreanism. He is often cherished as a great
mystic, mathematician, and scientist, but he is renowned for the
Pythagorean Theorem that carries his name. According to Aristotle the
Pythagorean group was one of the first that widely studied advance
mathematics. The importance of this Theorem can not be denied until now
as it is the base of most other theorems of Mathematics and his great
theories lead to the development of geometry and therefore he is renowned
as the Father of Modern Mathematics and a great mathematician.

9. Leonardo Pisano Blgollo 1170-1250

Leonardo Pisano Blgollo also known as Fibonacci was an Italian

mathematician who is considered by some people as the most talented
mathematician of the middle Ages. He is renowned for introducing
Fibonacci Series and the Arabic numbering system in Europe. There are
many other mathematical concepts that are named after Fibonacci. His
work was adopted in this field and is still known as the major contribution in
the development of the field of modern mathematics.

8. Wilhelm Leibniz 1646-1716

Wilhelm Leibniz was a German philosopher and mathematician that

occupies a distinct place in the history of Philosophy and history of
mathematics. First started his career as lawyer later become fascinated
towards philosophy and then towards science because of his interest. In
mathematics his field of interest was theology but he then invented the
calculus. He is one of the most productive inventors of mechanical
calculators and was the first one who described a pinwheel calculator in
1685.

7. Isaac Newton 1642-1727

Isaac Newton was an English mathematician and physicist and is widely

known as the one of the most inspiring scientists of all the time and is a role
of model in the scientific revolution. Newton also made significant
contribution to optics and formulated three laws of motion and law of
gravitation. Along with Gottfried Leibniz he invented the infinitesimal
calculus. His work helped in advancing every branch of mathematics. He is
also appreciated for the generalized binomial theorem that is valid for any
exponent. He is therefore on of the greatest mathematicians of all the time.

6. Alan Turing 1912 1954

Alan Turing was a British mathematician, cryptanalyst, logician and

computer scientist. He is known as the Father of artificial intelligence and
computer sciences because of his intelligence and influential work in the
field of computer sciences. He explained the concepts of computation and
algorithm with the help of turning machine which was considered a model
representing computer. With the help of his brilliant mind he worked for the
Government Code and Cypher School in Britain during the World War II
and designed a number of ways for breaking German Ciphers. He is known

as the first true computer scientist and has also written outstanding papers
on computing that are still affective and also formulated the Turing test
which is still applicable for evaluation of computers intelligence.

5. Ren Descartes 1596-1650

Ren Descartes was a French philosopher, writer and mathematician and

physicist. He was named as the Father of Modern Philosophy as a
response to his writings. His contribution in mathematics is equally seen,
one of his most lasting contribution is Cartesian coordinate system or
analytical geometry. He invented the method of representing the unknowns
in the equations by x, y and z or in the form of a, b and c. He also invented
the standard notion that helps to show the exponents or powers. Also being
the first mathematician who assigned a fundamental place for algebra in
our system his work is really astonishing. Newton and Leibniz calculus
were based on his work, he also contributed in the field of optics.

4. Euclid

Euclid of Alexandria, was a great Greek mathematician who is often

mentioned as the Father of Geometry. He is very famous for his magnum
opus; Elements that is one of the inspirational contribution to the field and
is being used as the major textbook from the time of its issuance until the
late 19th or early 20th century to teach mathematics. From a small set of
axioms he concluded the principles of Euclidean geometry. He also wrote
five other surviving works about spherical geometry, perspective, number
theory, conic sections and rigor. Very few information is known about his life
and what he had written very earlier due to limited resources at that time.

3. Bernhard Riemann 1826 1866

Bernhard Riemann was a German scientist who was born in a poor family
but became an influential mathematician. He made a lot of contributions in
number theory, differential geometry and analysis and there are a number
of theorems that bear his name like Riemannian Geometry, Riemann
Liouville differintegral, Riemann Integral and the Riemannian Surfaces. He
is widely known for his Riemann Hypothesis that indicates issues about the
distribution of prime numbers. Riemann was blessed with exceptional
mathematical skills like calculation abilities but being shy he was afraid of
speaking in front of people in his early life. His ever lasting contributions are
still helping in the field of mathematics even after his death.

2. Carl Friedrich Gauss 1777 1855

Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician and a physicist who is

also known as the Prince of Mathematicians and had great contribution in
various fields like algebra, number theory, analysis, statistics, geophysics,
differential geometry, optics, electrostatics and astronomy. He had
extraordinary mental capability and made his first discovery while he was a
teenager. In 1798 at the age of 21, he wrote his magnum opus named as
Disquisitiones Arithmeticae. This work was essential for building up number
theory and has curved the field to the current period. He referred
mathematics as Queen of all sciences and brought in Gaussian
gravitational constant in physics, he worked hard until his death, his
contributions are always remembered.

1. Leonhard Euler 1707 1783

Leonhard Euler was a Swiss mathematician and physicist. Euler is known

as the outstanding mathematician of eighteenths century and an
interesting, the most prolific and great mathematician of all the time, with
beauty in his theorems and concept he had done extraordinary work. He
made great discoveries in this specialty as distinct as infinitesimal calculus,
geometry, algebra, trigonometry and graph theory. He brought in modern
terminology and notation in mathematics like as the notion of a
mathematical function especially for mathematical analysis and modern
notion for trigonometric functions. His work in optics, mechanics, fluid
dynamics and astronomy is extremely remarkable.