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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 | Resource |
|---|---|---|
| Sir Isaac Newton | 4 January 1643 – 31 March 1727 | [html] |
| Roger Cotes | 10 July 1682 – 5 June 1716 | [html] |
| Brook Taylor | 18 August 1685 – 29 December 1731 | [html] [pdf] |
| Leonhard Euler | 15 April 1707 – 18 September 1783 | [html] [pdf] |
| Thomas Simpson | 20 August 1710 – 14 May 1761 | [html] |
| Joseph-Louis Lagrange | 25 January 1736 – 10 April 1813 | [html] [pdf] |
| Carle David Tolmé Runge | 30 August 1856 – 3 January 1927 | [html] |
| Karl Heun | 3 April 1859 – 10 January 1929 | [html] |
| Martin Wilhelm Kutta | 3 November 1867 – 25 December 1944 | [html] |
| Lewis Fry Richardson | 11 October 1881 – 30 September 1953 | [html] |