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    from the teachings of his father, Paul Euler. Johann Bernoulli, another great mathematician in his time, was a friend of Leonard’s father was a major influence in Euler. According to Gottschling, Leonard works covered many areas such as algebra, geometry, calculus. Trigonometry, and number theory. Two numbers are named after Euler which are Euler’s Number in calculus,

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    Jacqueline Gandara

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    The Math Autobiography of Jacqueline Gandara Mathematics is the study of the sciences of numbers, quantities, geometry and forms. ("Mathematics dictionary definition | mathematics defined", 2016) It is a subject that is simple as well as complex. Over the years I have learned that math is not my cup of tea. I think I liked it more when I was younger, when it was simple, and easier. I guess you could say that I liked basic math, like adding, subtracting, and multiplying. Growing up, I actually

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    Time Plato is one of the greatest mathematicians and teachers of geometry to ever live. To some, he is known as the “maker of math.” He himself made an academy that stressed mathematics as a way of understanding reality. He founded this academy in 387 BCE. According to one website, “... he was convinced that geometry was the key to unlocking the secrets to the universe.” Plato had many contributions in mathematics and geometry that helped in the past and still help in the present. One thing that

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    Five Platonic Solids

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    The Five Platonic Solids The five platonic solids are the tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, and the icosahedron. They are named for the Greek philosopher Plato. Plato wrote about them in The Timaeus (c.360 B.C.) in which he paired each of the four classical elements, earth, air, water, and fire with a regular solid. Earth was paired with the cube, air with the octahedron, water with the icosahedron, and fire with the tetrahedron. The fifth Platonic solid, the dodecahedron, Plato says

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    smart at a young age. Maria Agnesi was a very successful mathematician and Philosopher. Agnesi Died on January 9, 1799. Agnesi is notable for writing the first mathematics handbook. This handbook was a two volumes. Arithmetic, Algebra, trig, analytic geometry, and calculus were all in the first volume of the handbook. Infinite series and differential equations were the topics of the second volume, this one was much more advanced. The book took a long time to develop and be published. It took more than

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    Archimedes was a Greek Mathematician from Syracuse, Italy. He was an astronomer, physicist, inventor, and an engineer. Minimal details of his life are yet to be discovered, but his achievement of being the leader of scientists in the classical antiquity. Over the years of his life, Archimedes obtained as much knowledge as he could from his teachers and then decided to travel an extremity to Egypt and there began his study of Alexandria. In a lapse of time Archimedes earned a scholarship and he was

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    a fellow geometry teacher, to improve our students’ achievement in our “Similar Triangles” unit. This application will occur at Deer Valley High School in Glendale, Arizona; the website is: http://www.dvusd.org/Domain/42. The mathematical level of geometry is the second-year math class taken by all sophomores and is tested on the Arizona state standardized test. Mrs. Ulrich is our geometry level leader on our campus, but she teaches four honors geometry classes and one regular geometry class, where

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    Mc Escher Research Paper

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    Carter Goebel Art History 3/7/18 Mrs. Wood Biography of M.C. Escher Growing up as the son of a civil engineer is tough especially when you do not do well in school or like math, luckily some of his fathers intelligence rubbed off on Escher because most of his work employs the help of complex mathematical equations. All M.C. Escher painting use some form of complex mathematical equation, he uses these equations so that his lines and proportions can be completely perfect. He was actually quite

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    Is there purpose in math? Archimedes life revolved around mathematics. Archimedes was a famous mathematician and inventor. He was born in Syracuse, Italy. He lived from 287 BC to 212 BC. Archimedes is most known for his family and culture, scientific inventions and how he changed the world in many extraordinary ways. There is one thing that motivated Archimedes and his work, which was his family and culture. Archimedes father, Phidias, who was an astronomer, had a massive impact on Archimedes life

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    Menaechmus was an ancient Greek mathematician and geometer. He was born in Alopeconnesus in the Thracian Chersonee. Gallipoli is an Italian word derived from the Greek, it was known as the Thracian Chersonese. He was born in the 380 BC, in Gallipoli, Turkey, and died in 320 BC. Menaechmus was known for his great friendship with the philosopher Plato, Menaechmus discovered the conic sections and the solution to the problem of doubling the cube, using a parabola and hyperbola. He knew that in the

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