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The document provides a brief history of mathematics and an 8 question quiz on influential mathematicians. It tests knowledge in areas such as algebra, geometry, trigonometry, set theory, analytic geometry, statistics, calculus, and graph theory. The answers to the 8 multiple choice questions are also provided.

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History of Math

The document provides a brief history of mathematics and an 8 question quiz on influential mathematicians. It tests knowledge in areas such as algebra, geometry, trigonometry, set theory, analytic geometry, statistics, calculus, and graph theory. The answers to the 8 multiple choice questions are also provided.

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 Mathematics came from the Greek word mathemata, which is used to indicate a subject of
instruction or study
 Tallying is the earliest and most immediate technique for visibly expressing the idea of number
1. Who is the father of Algebra?
A. Diophantus
B. Hipparchus
C. Brahmagupta
D. Euclid

2. Who is the father of Classical Geometry?


A. Diophantus
B. Hipparchus
C. Brahmagupta
D. Euclid

3. Who is the father of Trigonometry?


A. Diophantus
B. Hipparchus
C. Brahmagupta
D. Euclid

4. Who invented Set Theory?


A. Augustus De Morgan
B. John Venn
C. George Cantor
D. George Boole

5. Who is the father of Analytic Geometry?


A. Isaac Newton
B. Rene Descartes
C. Gottfried Leibniz
D. Leonhard Euler

6. Who is the father of Statistics?


A. Blaise Pascal
B. Karl Pearson
C. Ronald Fisher
D. Francis Galton

7. These two mathematicians have great contributions to the foundations of Calculus


A. Blaise Pascal, Ronald Fisher
B. Euclid, Diophantus
C. Isaac Newton, Gottfried Leibniz
D. George Cantor, Augustus De Morgan

8. He solved the Kӧnigsberg Bridge Problem which gave rise to Graph Theory
A. Leonhard Euler
B. Marin Mersenne
C. Carl Friedrich Gauss
D. Gaspard Monge

Answers:

1. A
2. D
3. B
4. C
5. B
6. C
7. C
8. A

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