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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]
Brook Taylor 18 Aug 1685 – 29 Dec 1731 [html] [pdf]
Johann Gauss 30 April 1777 – 23 Feb 1855 [html]