History of Math
Across
- 4. What branch of mathematics did René Descartes help create?
- 8. What ancient civilization used hieroglyphs to represent numbers and did early algebra?
- 10. Who wrote the book Principia Mathematica?
- 11. Which German mathematician is known for his contributions to number theory and the "Disquisitiones Arithmeticae"?
- 12. Which ancient civilization used a base-60 number system?
Down
- 1. What is the famous sequence named after Leonardo of Pisa (Fibonacci)?
- 2. Which mathematician formulated the Pythagorean Theorem?
- 3. What Indian mathematician is known for early work on zero and infinity?
- 5. Who is known as the "father of geometry"?
- 6. What is the name of the famous Greek mathematician who ran naked shouting "Eureka!"?
- 7. What French mathematician is known for his work in probability theory with Blaise Pascal?
- 9. Who is the Persian mathematician known as the "father of algebra"?