Calculus III: C'20 - Sections C01 & C04


Education Biographies of Great Mathematicians



A huge number of mathematicians have contributed to the topics covered in this course - indeterminate forms, improper integrals, numerical methods, approximations, sequences, infinite series, polar coordinates, vectors in the plane, etc. However, there are a few of them whose work might be considered as crucial and highly valuable for these areas. The facts on their lives and major accomplishments should be important supplements to the course materials.

Find a moment to read their brief biographies at the Turnbull Server of the School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, U.K.

Abel

Bernoulli

Cauchy

De L'Hopital

Descartes

Fermat

Fourier

Horner

Lagrange

Maclaurin

Newton

Ramanujan

Taylor

Zeno


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