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Desargues - Girard Desargues (1591-1661)
Founder of projective geometry, his work centred on the theory of conic sections and perspective. |
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. |
Pappus of Alexandria (c. 320)
Wrote treatise, the Mathematical Collection, as a guide to Greek geometry, discusses theorems and constructions of more than thirty different mathematicians of antiquity. |
Riemann, (Georg Friedrich) Bernhard (1826-1866)
Theory of functions, non-Euclidian geometry, relativity theory, His profound conjecture (the Riemann hypothesis) about the behavior of the zeta (or Riemann) function, which he showed determines the distribution of the prime numbers. |
Steiner, Jakob (1796-1863)
Was one of the greatest contributors to projective geometry. |
Thales of Miletus (c. 624-547 B.C.)
The first named mathematician, famous for his theorems -- circle bisected by diameter; angles at base of isosceles triangle are equal vertically opposed angles are equal. |
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