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1. | French lawy who worked in the foundations of calculus |
2. | Scottish scholar who invented logarithms |
3. | Polish astronomer and mathematician who proposed the earth's yearly motion around a stationary sun |
4. | born in Italy, took part in the Los Alamos project to build the atomic bomb |
6. | first account on non-Euclidian geometry to appear in print |
7. | constructed the theory of complex functions by means of power series |
10. | investigated number theory, famous for orthogonal polynomials |
13. | pseudonym for Charles Dodgson |
14. | produced a method of determining when a general equation could be solved by radicals |
15. | "I think, therefore I am." |
19. | developed a general calculus for vectors |
21. | originator of algebraic topology |
23. | investigated "integration in infinitely many dimensions" |
25. | between 1820 and 1823 prepared a treatise on a complete system of non-Euclidean geometry |
27. | proved the stability of the solar system, put the theory of mathematical probability on a sound footing |
28. | work in geometry had the greatest influence in that area after Euclid |
29. | Greek mathematician who wrote "The Elements" |
30. | Contributed to the theory of elliptical functional |
32. | approached logic by reducing it to simple algebra |
36. | founded set theory |
38. | recent mathematician who worked in probability, analysis, number theory, geometry, combinatorics, and mathematical physics |