If you think you’re unfortunate, you should read the biography of Evariste Galois, a mathematical genius who was one of the founders of group theory. He lived during a political turmoil in France, and his life was filled with bad luck and disappointments.
Evariste Galois
Below are the 10 most notable misfortunes of Galois’ life. Continue reading
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Tagged augustine cauchy, evariste galois, group theory, joseph fourier, simeon poisson
The Cartesian plane is one of the greatest inventions in mathematics. Had Rene Descartes not invented the rectangular coordinate system, calculus would not have progressed immensely as we are using it in our time.
The Number Line
The coordinate system was derived from the correspondence of the real numbers and the points on number line. Each point on the number line represents a unique number coordinate and any real number can be located — at least in principle — on the number line.
The number line represents the ‘entirety’ of the real numbers. By convention, the number line is a horizontal line where the negative numbers are placed on the left of 0, and the positive numbers on the right. Continue reading
BBC radio invited Professor Marcus du Sautoy to discuss about history of mathematics in the mini-series titled “A Brief History of Mathematics” and podcasts of the series are available for download.
The series contains 10 episodes of 15-minute talks about well-known mathematicians, their lives, and their contributions that changed the world.
Click here to download podcasts from BBC website or here to download podcasts from Itunes.
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