Transcript A Few Great Women in Mathmatics

A Few Great Women in
Mathematics
BY:
Jackie, Ryan, Travis, and
Becky
Olive Clio Hazlett
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1890- 1974
Associate Professor
at U of I
invented theory of
differential
equations in positive
characteristic
wrote a paper on
"Integers as
Matrices
Hypatia of Alexandria
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370- 415
wrote commentaries
on conics and
astronomical works
head of the Platonist
school at Alexandria
brutally murdered by
the Nitrian monks
Maria Gaëtana Agnesi
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1718- 1799
published a series of
essays on philosophy
and natural science
two volume work
Instituzioni analitiche
ad uso della gioventù
italiana
discussed cubic curve
now know as the 'witch
of Agnesi'
Caroline Lucretia Herschel
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1750- 1848
pointed out 560 stars
omitted from
Flamsteed’s
Observations of the
Fixed Stars
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A minor planet was
named Lucretia
made many
astronomical
observations
Marie-Sophie Germain
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1776- 1831
corresponded and
helped many famous
mathematicians
demonstrated that
Lagrange's equation
did yield Chladni's
patterns in several
cases
Emmy Amalie Noether
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1882- 1935
elected to the
Circolo Matematico
di Palermo
Noether's Theorem
proves a relationship
between symmetries
in physics and
conservation
principles
Dame Mary Lucy Cartwright
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1900- 1998
first woman to receive
the Sylvester Medal
Cartwright's Theorem,
gave an estimate for
the maximum modulus
of an analytic function
which takes the same
value no more than p
times in the unit disc
Virginia Appuhn
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Teaches many upper
level math courses at
CCHS
sponsor of Math
Team, Wyse, and the
Terrier Times,
Terriernet
created Cyberdale
presentation
presented in Chicago
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