John Charles Fields
John Charles Fields is perhaps one of the most famous Canadian Mathematicians of all time. He was born on May 14, 1863 in Hamilton Ontario, and died August 9, 1932 in Toronto, Ontario (Young, 1998). He graduated from the University of Toronto at the age of 21 with a B.A in Mathematics and went on to get his Ph.D. at John Hopkins University in 1887. Fields was very interested to study at John Hopkins University because apparently it was the only university in North America which really stressed research at the time (Fields Institute, n.d.). Fields did original research in the theory of algebraic functions that was influenced by his reknowned mentors, Fuchs, Schwarz, Frobenius and Plank (Fields Medal, n.d.). After two
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I think it is great to know that one of the greatest mathematicians of all time is Canadian, because most famous mathematicians are of European decent.
I think Fields lived a very interesting and dynamic life; he had a chance to pursue his dream of research in mathematics and got to become lifelong friends with the famous mathematician Gosta Mittag-Leffler. As opposed to Alfred Nobel, Fields understood the importance of research in mathematics and he did his best to support it and promote it. I think that is the reason why John Charles Fields was able to take mathematics to a new level, because he was so dedicated and passionate about his work.
Mathematics is used in many widely different contexts and it is used everyday, although most people don’t recognize that and I believe that the creation of the Fields medal was big step in the mathematical universe. In January 1932, Fields indicated that the idea of the medal had the support of the major mathematical societies of France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and the United States, and he also outlined the principles behind the proposed medal (Fields Institute, n.d). The first Fields medal was awarded in Oslo in 1936. I think the implementation of the Fields medal was a great idea because it served as a reward for outstanding mathematicians and it made mathematics more recognized around the world.
Other than the Fields medal, I feel the creation of
Hilbert's contributions to mathematics can be divided into five major areas: invariant theory, which he studied until his transfer to Gottingen; algebraic number field theory, which he studied from approximately 1984-1899; foundations of geometry and mathematics, studied from 1899-1903; integral equations, studied from about 1904 to 1909; physics, studied from about 1912-1914; and foundations of mathematics, studied after 1918 (Kimberling, n.d.). Hilbert's proofs of Gordan's problem, which dealt with invariant theory, catapulted Hilbert into the spotlight as a first-class mathematician (Hilbert,
John Smith is one of the most famous people in American literature history. He was a dedicated man to his country of England, and wanted nothing more than to claim America in the name of the king. During his adventures to the new land he encountered many new things and people including a young Native American woman named Pocahontas. He also wrote many journals enticing people to want to come to America. This shall tell you the story of John Smith from his journeys as a young man all the way to when he finally came to America, and how his writings still influence people to immigrate to America still today.
What happens when a person's places his whole-hearted trust in someone he has been completely wrong about? A good example of this, in Arthur Miller's four-act play The Crucible, happens when Reverend John Hale finds himself in a community entwined with lies, deceit, and betrayal. The play starts out in Salem, Massachusetts when a group of girls are discovered dancing in the woods at night. The girls' actions lead the local town's people of Salem in a suspicion of witch-craft when Betty Parris, the daughter of the local minister Reverend Parris, lay in bed one morning not being able to wake. Caught up in the whole talk and suspicion of witch-craft, Reverend Parris sends for help
His Promised Land: The Autobiography of John P. Parker, Former Slave And Conductor on the Underground Railroad.
John Breckinridge was a big part of the civil war in the south. He lived from 1821 to 1875. Breckinridge was born in Kentucky, a southern state. He worked as a politician who served as the 14th vice president of the United States. He also worked as a Confederate general during the Civil War from 1861 to 1865.
Stephen Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th President of the United States. He was the winner, by popular demand, for president three times in 1884, 1888, and 1892. He and Woodrow Wilson were the only two Democrats at the time. He was elected to be president in the era of the Republican political domination that lasted from 1861 to 1933. He is the only President in American history to serve two terms in two different years in office. Cleveland was the leader of the Bourbon Democrats who didn’t like overpriced tariffs, imperialism, and subsidies to business or veterans. He had the U.S. Government running a budget surplus. Cleveland believed that the government’s practice of taking more than it needed was “indefensible extortion.” His crusade
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One of the most remarkable stories is the one of John Norman. He was a deputy chief of the New York City fire department. He was asleep whenever the first tower of the World Trade Center was hit. He had turned off the ringer on his phone because he was on vacation from work. His plan that day was to sleep in. He was completely unaware of what was going on outside. Then his answering machine got an "all call" message from the department. Still he didn't know what fully was going on so he turned on the television. He said, “As I’m just about to turn off the TV and head for the door, the south tower collapses. I thought it was a bomb." It took him and hour and a half just to get to the city and where he needed to be. He was put in shock whenever
Frank Yates was born May 12, 1902 in Manchester, England into the family of Edith and Percy Yates. He was the oldest of five with the other four his sisters. He died 92 years later in June 17, 1994 in the town of Harpenden, England. He grew up in a well off family, going to school at a private high school named Wadham House. Before Yates entered high school, his uncle gave him a five figure logarithm which led to his interest in math. his time in This is where Yates was pushed and encouraged in the field of math. After high school Yates received a scholarship to Clifton College and four years later received a scholarship to study at St. Johns College in Cambridge. (Frank Yates).
Carl Friedrich Gauss, a German mathematician, is viewed as one of the world’s greatest mathematicians. He was born on April 30, 1777 in Brunswick, Germany as the only child to his poor parents. Gauss was a prodigy in mathematics and calculating. The Duke of Brunswick, impressed by his gift, gave him help financially to allow him to continue his education and study at the University of Göttingen. Throughout his lifetime, Gauss made additions to number theory, probability theory, geometry, the theory of functions, potential theory, planetary astronomy, and geodesy. Carl Friedrich Gauss died on February 23, 1855 in Göttingen, Hanover (a former state of Germany). Gauss made contributions to the fundamental theorem of algebra which is of great importance
When someone familiar with mathematics is asked about late 19th century mathematicians, names like Cantor (1845-1918), Chebyshev (1821-1894), Dedekind (1831-1916), Poincare (1854-1912), and Weierstrass (1815-1897) may come to mind. If this list were expanded and the countries of these mathematicians compiled, only a handful would be from the United States. This is possibly due to the recently fought Civil War which ravaged the country causing citizens to focus on reconstruction for much of the late 1800’s, or possibly due to the lack of prestigious universities specializing in mathematics in a country barely 100 years old. Either way, the main outlet for American mathematicians of the time was presenting and solving puzzles and problems in
Evariste Galois discovery has impacted today’s future as well as in the past. At the age 17, Galois began making his theories on polynomials equations. A polynomial has many terms, constants, variables, and exponents. Not only did Galois discover polynomials he had to prove his theories. He proved that there can be no formula for solving quintic formulas such as x5. Galois died in 1832 at the age of 26, but he left his legacy for many generations to improve and learn from. Mathematicians today have created easier ways for students to learn polynomials faster because Galois established the first concept. Polynomials have a big part of many fields of careers and allowed society to involve.
There are many people in history who have made a very big impact on their
From the period of 1145AD – the late 16th century, many mathematicians developed on algebraic concepts. However, it was not until the 1680’s that the most remarkable discoveries were made using algebra. Sir Isaac Newton was a very famous mathematician, English physicist, astronomer, philosopher, and alchemist. During his period of study, he used algebra to describe universal gravitation, develop the laws of motion, found orbits of the planets to be elliptical, discovered that light was made of particles, discovered the rate of cooling objects, and the binomial theorem. His most important works were the development of calculus. However, Newton did not work alone on creating the
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