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Mathematics Personae
For entertainment value you can find some background on the mathematicians who developed some of the ideas we are exploring in this class:
| Mathematician | Dates | Lecture Notes | Resource |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre de Fermat | 17 August 1601 – 12 Jan 1665 | 5, 8 | [html] |
| Blaise Pascal | 19 June 1623 – 19 Aug 1662 | 8 | [html] |
| Leonhard Euler | 15 April 1707 – 18 Sept 1783 | 5, 7 | [html] |
| Joseph-Louis Lagrange | 25 Jan 1736 – 10 April 1813 | 7 | [html] |
| Johann Gauss | 30 April 1777 – 23 Feb 1855 | 8 | [html] |
| Augustus De Morgan | 27 June 1806 – 18 March 1871 | 2, 4, 8 | [html] |
| George Boole | 2 Nov 1815 – 8 Dec 1864 | 3, 9 | [html] |
| John Venn | 4 Aug 1834 – 4 April 1923 | 9 | [html] |
| Georg Cantor | 3 March 1845 – 6 Jan 1918 | 9 | [html] |
| Claude Shannon | 30 April 1916 – 24 Feb 2001 | 3 | [html] |