Branches of Mathematic

Applied and Computational Mathematics

Also Known As Applied Mathematics
Computation, Optimization and Control

The branch that adapts, approximates and computes mathematical method to model and solve problems arising outside mathematics itself: differential equations describing physical systems, numerical analysis for approximating what cannot be solved in closed form, optimization, and the algorithms of modern scientific computing. Isaac Newton's own calculus was applied mathematics from its first invention, developed to describe motion and gravitation; the field expanded enormously with the digital computer, which let mathematicians simulate systems too complex for any closed-form solution.

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Central Question
How can mathematical method be adapted, approximated and computed to model, predict and solve real problems that arise outside mathematics itself? 2
Key Debate
Whether a numerically computed approximate solution, produced and checked only by a machine no human can trace step by step, counts as genuine mathematical knowledge on the same footing as a closed-form proof a mathematician can verify by hand. 2
Classification
Pure or Applied
Applied Mathematics 1
Connections

Associated With

Algorithmic game theory, computing equilibria and analyzing the computational complexity of finding them, is a substantial modern subfield shared with applied and computational mathematics.

Source The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Source Richard Courant (1888-1972), Biography (MacTutor History of Mathematics, University of St Andrews)

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Source Johann Wilhelm Andreas Pfaff (Wikipedia)
Source Johannes Stadius (Wikipedia)
Source John Dee (Wikipedia)
Source John Anthony Pople (MacTutor)
Source Julius Weisbach (Wikipedia)
Source Katherine Johnson (Wikipedia)
Source Kathleen Booth (MacTutor)
Source Leonid Levin, Faculty Homepage, Boston University
Source Lewis Fry Richardson (Wikipedia)
Source Magnus Pegel (Wikipedia)
Source Marcus Jordanus (Wikipedia)
Source Marian Rejewski (Wikipedia)
Source MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive: Michael Mästlin - Biography (MacTutor History of Mathematics)
Source Milutin Milanković (Wikipedia)
Source Morris Kline (Wikipedia)
Source Nancy Lynch (Wikipedia)
Additional Source Navier-Stokes Existence and Smoothness (Wikipedia)Lead section
Source Nicolaus Reimers (Wikipedia)
Source Noël Duret (Wikipedia)
Source Nṛsiṃha (Wikipedia)
Source Numerical Analysis (Wikipedia)
Source Clay Mathematics Institute
Source Pedro Nunes (Wikipedia)
Source Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa (Wikipedia)
Source Pierre Petit (engineer) (Wikipedia)
Source Pierre Vernier (Wikipedia)
Source Raffaello Magiotti (Wikipedia)
Source Richard Courant (1888-1972), Biography (MacTutor History of Mathematics, University of St Andrews)
Source Richard von Mises, Biography (MacTutor History of Mathematics)
Source Robert Almgren (Wikipedia)
Source Robert Hues (Wikipedia)
Source Rudolf Peierls (Wikipedia)
Source Sankara Variar (Wikipedia)
Source Simon Newcomb (Wikipedia)
Source MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive
Source Stanley Osher (Wikipedia)
Source Stephen Cook, Faculty Homepage, University of Toronto
Source Stephen Wolfram (Wikipedia)
Source Sydney Samuel Hough (Wikipedia)
Source Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf (Wikipedia)
Source Thomas Fantet de Lagny (Wikipedia)
Source Thomas Hood (mathematician) (Wikipedia)
Source Thomas Rudd (Wikipedia)
Source Tilemann Stella (Wikipedia)
Source Valentin Naboth (Wikipedia)
Source Wilhelm Schickard (Wikipedia)
Source William Bourne (mathematician) (Wikipedia)
Source William Oughtred (Wikipedia)
Source William Prager (MacTutor)
Source Xu Guangqi (Wikipedia)

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1. Wikipedia: Applied Mathematics
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  • Lead section, pure or applied classification
    Applied mathematics is the application of mathematical methods by different fields such as physics, engineering, medicine, biology, finance, business, computer science, social science, and industry.
  • In Group: Numerical and Computational Methods, lead paragraph
    Applied mathematics is the application of mathematical methods by different fields such as physics, engineering, medicine, biology, finance, business, computer science, social science, and industry.
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2. MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive
University of St Andrews, School of Mathematics and Statistics
  • Central Question: How can mathematical method be adapted, approximated and computed to model, predict and solve real problems that arise outside mathematics itself?
  • Key Debate: Whether a numerically computed approximate solution, produced and checked only by a machine no human can trace step by step, counts as genuine mathematical knowledge on the same footing as a closed-form proof a mathematician can verify by hand.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Mathematics
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.FAQ answer, How is mathematics used to solve real-life problems
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Mathematics offers tools for describing reality and analyzing problems in many fields. Algebra uses symbols to represent quantities and relationships, providing flexibility in problem-solving. Calculus helps to calculate rates of change and totals, with applications in physics, economics, and more. Statistics provides tools for understanding uncertainty and is applied across sciences, business, and policy. Geometry, which originally meant "Earth measurement," now has applications in astronomy, cartography, and other fields.
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Richard Courant (1888-1972), Biography (MacTutor History of Mathematics, University of St Andrews)
MacTutor History of Mathematics, University of St Andrews
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  • Associated With: Richard Courant, https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Courant/
    Courant built up an applied mathematics research centre in New York based on the Gottingen model, making many new appointments.
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Numerical Analysis (Wikipedia)
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Numerical analysis is the study of algorithms for the problems of continuous mathematics.
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Ada Lovelace (Wikipedia)
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Navier-Stokes Existence and Smoothness (Wikipedia)
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Although computational solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations are used in a large number of practical applications, there is no complete analytical understanding of the solutions.
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Rudolf Peierls (Wikipedia)
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recruited him for a new chair there in applied mathematics
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Stephen Wolfram (Wikipedia)
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He works in computer algebra and theoretical physics
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Sydney Samuel Hough (Wikipedia)
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was a British applied mathematician and astronomer
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Anthony Oettinger (Wikipedia)
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He was Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Mathematics and Professor of Information Resources Policy at Harvard.
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Ingrid Daubechies (Wikipedia)
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She is best known for her work with wavelets in image compression.
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Katherine Johnson (Wikipedia)
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was an American mathematician and human computer whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights
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Christian Ludwig Gerling (Wikipedia)
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He is notable for his work on geodetics
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Lewis Fry Richardson (Wikipedia)
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pioneered modern mathematical techniques of weather forecasting
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Simon Newcomb (Wikipedia)
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other fields in applied mathematics, such as economics and statistics
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Charles Proteus Steinmetz (Wikipedia)
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formulating mathematical theories for engineers
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Cato Maximilian Guldberg (Wikipedia)
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received a professorship in applied mathematics in 1869
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Milutin Milanković (Wikipedia)
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A distinguished professor of applied mathematics and celestial mechanics at the University of Belgrade
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Marian Rejewski (Wikipedia)
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developed techniques and equipment for decrypting the Enigma ciphers
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Herbert A. Hauptman (Wikipedia)
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He pioneered and developed a mathematical method that has changed the whole field of chemistry
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Kathleen Booth (MacTutor)
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Britten was registered to study for a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics at King's College London
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Robert Almgren (Wikipedia)
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Robert F. Almgren is an applied mathematician
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Acyuta Piṣāraṭi (Wikipedia)
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also known as Achyuta Pisharati or Achyutha Pisharadi, was a Sanskrit grammarian, astrologer, astronomer and mathematician who studied under Jyeṣṭhadeva and was a member of Madhava of Sangamagrama's Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics. == Works == He
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Abramo Colorni (Wikipedia)
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An engineer, architect, mathematician, chiromancer, cryptographer, alchemist, inventor, magus (magician) and merchant, Colorni spent nine years as a Court Jew for Rudolf II.
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Benedetto Castelli (Wikipedia)
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Benedetto Castelli (1578-9 April 1643), born Antonio Castelli, was an Italian mathematician.
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Cornelis de Schepper (Wikipedia)
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Cornelis de Schepper, Cornelis Duplicius de Schepper or Cornelius de Schepper (1503?-1555) was a Flemish mathematician, counselor and ambassador for the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, Ferdinand I of Austria and Mary of Hungary, governor of the Netherlands.
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Cristobal Lechuga (Wikipedia)
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Cristóbal Lechuga Baeza, Spain ca 1557 - 1622) was a soldier and mathematician, known to have published a treaty of artillery and fortification. == Life == Little is known of his life before 1585.
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Cyprián Karásek Lvovický (Wikipedia)
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Cyprianus Leovitius) (born July 1514/1524, Hradec Králové, died 1574, Lauingen) was a Bohemian astronomer, mathematician and astrologer. == Career == Most of the information about Lvovický's life comes from his
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David Origanus (Wikipedia)
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David Origanus or David Tost (9 July 1558-11 July 1628/29) was a German astronomer and professor for Greek language and Mathematics at the Viadrina University in Frankfurt (Oder), where he had also studied.
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David Rivault de Fleurance (Wikipedia)
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David Rivault de Fleurance (1571-1616) was a French mathematician and royal servant.
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Filippo Pigafetta (Wikipedia)
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Filippo Pigafetta (1533-1604) was a Venetian mathematician and explorer.
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Francesco Stelluti (Wikipedia)
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Francesco Stelluti (12 January 1577, in Fabriano, November 1652, in Rome) was an Italian polymath who worked in the fields of mathematics, microscopy, literature, and astronomy.
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Gemma Frisius (Wikipedia)
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Gemma Frisius (; born Jemme Reinerszoon; December 9, 1508, May 25, 1555) was a Dutch physician, mathematician, cartographer, philosopher, and instrument maker.
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Edward Wright (mathematician) (Wikipedia)
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Wright (baptised 8 October 1561; died November 1615) was an English mathematician and cartographer noted for his book Certaine Errors in Navigation (1599; 2nd ed., 1610), which for the first time explained the mathematical basis of the Mercator
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Giovanni Padovani (Wikipedia)
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Giovanni Padovani (or Ioannis Paduanni) (b. c. 1512) was an Italian mathematician, astronomer and musician.
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Girolamo Maggi (Wikipedia)
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Magius, was an Italian scholar, jurist, poet, military engineer, urban planner, philologist, archaeologist, mathematician, and naturalist who studied at Bologna under Francis
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Girolamo Ruscelli (Wikipedia)
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Girolamo Ruscelli (1518-1566) was an Italian mathematician and cartographer active in Venice during the early 16th century.
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Giuseppe Biancani (Wikipedia)
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Giuseppe Biancani (Latin: Josephus Blancanus; 8 March 1566-7 June 1624) was an Italian Jesuit astronomer, mathematician, and selenographer, after whom the crater Blancanus on the Moon is named.
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Giuseppe Moletti (Wikipedia)
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Giuseppe Moletti (1531-1588) was an Italian mathematician best known for his Dialogo intorno alla Meccanica (Dialogue on Mechanics).
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Guidobaldo del Monte (Wikipedia)
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Guidobaldi or Guido Baldi), Marquis del Monte, was an Italian mathematician, philosopher and astronomer of the 16th century. == Biography == Del Monte was born in Pesaro.
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Ignazio Danti (Wikipedia)
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O.P. (April 1536-10 October 1586), born Pellegrino Rainaldi Danti, was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate, mathematician, astronomer, and cosmographer, who served as Bishop of Alatri (1583-1586). == Early life == Danti was born in Perugia in 1536 to a
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Jean Errard (Wikipedia)
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Jean Errard or Errard de Bar-le-Duc (c. 1554 - 20 July 1610) was a mathematician and military engineer, initially in the service of the ducal court of Lorraine and then (after converting from Protestantism to Catholicism) of Henry IV of France.
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Jerónimo Muñoz (Wikipedia)
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Jerónimo Muñoz (c. 1520, October 1591) was a Valencian astronomer, mathematician, and professor.
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Johann Hommel (Wikipedia)
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Johann Hommel (also Johannes Homelius, Hummelius, Homilius, Hummel; 2 February 1518 in Memmingen, 4 July 1562 in Leipzig) was a German astronomer and mathematician. == Work == Hommel was appointed professor of mathematics at the University of Leipzig in 1551.
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Johannes Stadius (Wikipedia)
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Johannes Stadius or Estadius (Dutch: Jan Van Ostaeyen; French: Jean Stade) (ca. 1 May 1527-17 June 1579), was a Flemish astronomer, astrologer, and mathematician.
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John Dee (Wikipedia)
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John Dee (13 July 1527, December 1608 or March 1609) was an English mathematician, astronomer, teacher, astrologer, occultist, and alchemist.
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Marcus Jordanus (Wikipedia)
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Marcus Jordanus (* ca. 1531 in Krempe; † 1595 in Krempe) was a Danish cartographer and mathematician.
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Nicolaus Reimers (Wikipedia)
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Nicolaus Reimers Baer (2 February 1551-16 October 1600), also Reimarus Ursus, Nicolaus Reimers Bär or Nicolaus Reymers Baer, was a German astronomer and imperial mathematician to Emperor Rudolf II.
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Nṛsiṃha (Wikipedia)
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Nṛsiṃha (born c. 1586) was an Indian astronomer and mathematician from Golagrama.
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Pedro Nunes (Wikipedia)
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Pedro Nunes (Portuguese: [ˈpeðɾu ˈnunɨʃ]; Latin: Petrus Nonius; 1502-11 August 1578) was a Portuguese mathematician, cosmographer, and professor, probably from a New Christian (of Jewish origin) family.
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Robert Hues (Wikipedia)
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Robert Hues (1553-24 May 1632) was an English mathematician and geographer.
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Sankara Variar (Wikipedia)
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Sankara Variyar (IAST: Śaṅkara Vāriyar; c. 1500, c. 1560) was an astronomer-mathematician of the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics.
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Thomas Hood (mathematician) (Wikipedia)
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Thomas Hood (1556-1620) was an English mathematician and physician, the first lecturer in mathematics appointed in England, a few years before the founding of Gresham College.
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Tilemann Stella (Wikipedia)
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Tilemann Stella (c. 1525-1589) was a German mathematician. == Biography == Tilemann was born as Tilemann Stoltz in 1525 in Siegen.
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Valentin Naboth (Wikipedia)
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or Nabod) (13 February 1523-3 March 1593), known by the Latinized name Valentinus Nabodus, was a German mathematician, astronomer and astrologer. == Life and academic career == Valentin Naboth was born in Calau (Niederlausitz) to a formerly Jewish
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William Bourne (mathematician) (Wikipedia)
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William Bourne (c. 1535-1582) was an English mathematician, innkeeper and former Royal Navy gunner who presented the first design for a navigable submarine and wrote important navigational manuals.
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William Oughtred (Wikipedia)
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William Oughtred ( AWT-urd;5 March 1574-30 June 1660), also Owtred or Uhtred, was an English mathematician and Anglican clergyman.
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Xu Guangqi (Wikipedia)
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Xu Guangqi or Hsü Kuang-ch'i (April 24, 1562, November 8, 1633), also known by his baptismal name Paul or Paul Siu, was a Chinese agronomist, astronomer, mathematician, politician, and writer during the late Ming dynasty.
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Zhu Zaiyu (Wikipedia)
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Zhu Zaiyu (Chinese: 朱載堉; 1536-19 May 1611) was a Chinese scholar, mathematician and music theorist.
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Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf (Wikipedia)
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He was the author of more than ninety books on a wide variety of subjects, including astronomy, clocks, engineering, mathematics, mechanics, optics, and natural philosophy.
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Abdias Treu (Wikipedia)
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Abdias Treu (sometimes spelled Trew) (29 July 1597-12 April 1669) was a German mathematician, music theorist, vicar, and academic. == Biography == The son of a cantor and deputy headmaster, Abdias Treu was born in Ansbach on 29 July 1597.
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Andrea Argoli (Wikipedia)
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Andrea Argoli (Latin: Andreas Argolus; 15 March 1570-27 September 1657), born in Tagliacozzo, was an Italian mathematician, astronomer and astrologer.
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Edmund Wingate (Wikipedia)
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Edmund Wingate (1596-1656) was an English mathematical and legal writer, one of the first to publish in the 1620s on the principle of the Gunter's scale or Gunter's rule, and later the author of some popular expository works.
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Giovanni Battista Baliani (Wikipedia)
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Giovanni Battista Baliani (1582-1666) was an Italian mathematician, physicist and astronomer. == Career == He was born in Genoa.
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Giovanni Camillo Glorioso (Wikipedia)
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Giovanni Camillo Glorioso (or Gloriosi) (1572-8 January 1643) was an Italian mathematician and astronomer.
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Johann Baptist Cysat (Wikipedia)
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Johann Baptist Cysat (Latinized as Cysatus; in French, Jean-Baptiste Cysat) (c. 1587, March 17, 1657) was a Swiss Jesuit mathematician and astronomer, after whom the lunar crater Cysatus is named.
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Pierre Petit (engineer) (Wikipedia)
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Pierre Petit (French: [pjɛʁ pəti]; 8 December 1594-20 August 1677) was a French astronomer, physicist, mathematician and instrument maker.
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Pierre Vernier (Wikipedia)
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Pierre Vernier (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ vɛʁnje]; 19 August 1580 at Ornans, Franche-Comté (at that time ruled by the Spanish Habsburgs, now part of France), 14 September 1637, same location) was a mathematician and instrument inventor.
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Raffaello Magiotti (Wikipedia)
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Raffaello Magiotti (1597-1656) was an Italian astronomer, mathematician and physicist. == Biography == Born in Montevarchi, he studied at Florence, and, having taken his vows, moved to Rome, following Cardinal Sacchetti.
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Thomas Rudd (Wikipedia)
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Thomas Rudd (c.1583-1656) was an English military engineer and mathematician. == Life == The eldest son of Thomas Rudd of Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, he was born in 1583 or 1584.
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Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa (Wikipedia)
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Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa (1530/1531/1532-1592) was a Spanish adventurer, author, historian, mathematician, and astronomer.
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Magnus Pegel (Wikipedia)
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war ein deutscher Mediziner, Mathematiker und Hochschullehrer
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Noël Duret (Wikipedia)
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est un mathématicien et astronome français
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Adriaan Vlacq (Wikipedia)
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Born in Gouda, Vlacq published a table of logarithms from 1 to 100,000 to 10 decimal places in 1628 in his Arithmetica logarithmica.
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Adolf Ferdinand Wenceslaus Brix (Wikipedia)
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teacher of applied mathematics
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Giovanni Poleni (Wikipedia)
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Poleni was the first to build a calculator that used a pinwheel design.
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Thomas Fantet de Lagny (Wikipedia)
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Thomas Fantet de Lagny (7 November 1660-11 April 1734) was a French mathematician, well known for his contributions to computational mathematics, and for calculating π to 112 correct decimal places.
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Francisco Ruiz Lozano (Wikipedia)
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He also studied hydrography, as a mathematical science.
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Johann Wilhelm Andreas Pfaff (Wikipedia)
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als Professor für Angewandte Mathematik und Astronomie
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You-Dong Liang (Wikipedia)
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Liang has worked on computer-aided geometric design and computer graphics research
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Morris Kline (Wikipedia)
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Kline turned his attention to differential equations and applied mathematics
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Johann Franz Encke (Wikipedia)
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a new method of calculating planetary perturbations by means of rectangular coordinates
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Wilhelm Schickard (Wikipedia)
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designed to assist in all the four basic functions of arithmetic
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Nancy Lynch (Wikipedia)
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she has been working on applying mathematics to the tasks of understanding and constructing complex distributed systems
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Albert R. Meyer (Wikipedia)
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Meyer & Stockmeyer (1972), which introduced the polynomial hierarchy
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George Keith Batchelor (MacTutor)
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George Batchelor was an Australian applied mathematician who worked in fluid dynamics.
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Stanley Osher (Wikipedia)
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known for his many contributions in shock capturing, level-set methods, and PDE-based methods in computer vision and image processing
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Carl Adam Petri (Wikipedia)
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Petri's work significantly advanced the fields of parallel computing and distributed computing, and it helped define the modern studies of complex systems and workflow management systems.
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William Prager (MacTutor)
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William Prager was a German-born American applied mathematician who worked in the field of mechanics.
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John Anthony Pople (MacTutor)
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John Pople is rewarded for developing computational methods making possible the theoretical study of molecules
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Christopher Strachey (Wikipedia)
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A pioneer of programming language design and the mathematical foundations of computing
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Julius Weisbach (Wikipedia)
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he was promoted to Professor for applied mathematics, mechanics, theory of mountain machines
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Donald Knuth, Biography (MacTutor History of Mathematics)
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Donald Knuth is an American mathematician and computer scientist most famous for his contributions to the study of algorithms and inventing the TeX typesetting language.
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George Biddell Airy, Biography (MacTutor History of Mathematics)
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He improved the orbital theory of Venus and the Moon, studied interference fringes in optics, made a mathematical study of the rainbow and computed the density of the Earth by swinging a pendulum at the top and bottom of a deep mine.
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MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive: Michael Mästlin - Biography (MacTutor History of Mathematics)
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Perhaps his greatest achievement ( other than being Kepler 's teacher ) is that he was the first to compute the orbit of a comet, although his method was not sound.
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Richard von Mises, Biography (MacTutor History of Mathematics)
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Richard Von Mises was an applied mathematician who worked on fluid mechanics, aerodynamics, aeronautics statistics and probability theory. He gave the first university course on powered flight in 1913 .
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