21. B Index Oskar (442*) Bolzano, Bernhard (790*) Bombelli, Rafael (202) Bombieri, Enrico (801*)Bonferroni, Carlo (262) Bonnet, Pierre (368) boole, alicia (Stott) (340 http://intranet.woodvillehs.sa.edu.au/pages/resources/maths/History/B.htm

Names beginning with B The number of words in the biography is given in brackets. A * indicates that there is a portrait. Babbage , Charles (2793*) Bachet Bachmann , Paul (70*) Backus , John (542*) Bacon , Roger (657*) Baer , Reinhold (596*) Baire Baker , Alan (647*) Baker , Henry (195*) Ball , Walter W R (85) Balmer , Johann (95*) Banach , Stefan (290*) Barbier , Joseph Emile (67) Bari , Nina (403*) Barlow , Peter (112) Barocius , Franciscus (201) Barrow , Isaac (2332*) Bartholin , Erasmus (189) Bateman , Harry (526*) Battaglini , Guiseppe (102*) Battani , Abu al' (194) Bayes , Thomas (538*) Beaugrand , Jean (222) Beaune , Florimond de (316) Beg , Ulugh (327) Bell , Eric Temple (282*) Bellavitis , Giusto (93) Beltrami , Eugenio (158*) Bendixson , Ivar Otto (85*) Benedetti , Giovanni (211) Bergman , Stefan (311*) Berkeley , George (239*) Bernays , Paul Isaac (772*) Bernoulli, Daniel Bernoulli, Jacob Bernoulli , Jacob(II) (289) Bernoulli, Johann Bernoulli, Johann(II) Bernoulli, Johann(III) Bernoulli, Nicolaus(I) ... Bers , Lipman (440*) Bertini , Eugenio (151) Bertins , Alexis des (106) Bertrand , Joseph (306*) Berwick , William (121) Besicovitch , Abram (642*) Bessel , Friedrich (1664*) Bessy , Bernard de (86) Betti , Enrico (250*) Beurling , Arne (177*) , Etienne (236) Bhaskara Bianchi , Luigi (438) Bieberbach , Ludwig (127*) Billy , Jacques de (150) Binet , Jacques (438*) Biot , Jean-Baptiste (417*) Birkhoff , George D (596*) Biruni , Abu al' (306*) Bjerknes, Carl

22. Mathem_abbrev Baptiste Birkhoff, George D Biruni, Abu al Bjerknes, Carl Bohr, Niels Boltzmann,Ludwig Bolzano, Bernhard Bombieri, Enrico boole, alicia (Stott) boole, George http://www.pbcc.cc.fl.us/faculty/domnitcj/mgf1107/mathrep1.htm

Mathematician Report Index Below is a list of mathematicians. You may choose from this list or report on a mathematician not listed here. In either case, you must discuss with me the mathematician you have chosen prior to starting your report. No two students may write a report on the same mathematician. I would advise you to go to the library before choosing your topic as there might not be much information on the mathematician you have chosen. Also, you should determine the topic early in the term so that you can "lock-in" your report topic!! The report must include: 1. The name of the mathematician. 2. The years the mathematician was alive. 3. A biography. 4. The mathematician's major contribution(s) to mathematics and an explanation of the importance. 5. A historical perspective during the time the mathematician was alive. Some suggestions on the historical perspective might be: (a) Any wars etc. (b) Scientific breakthroughs of the time (c) Major discoveries of the time (d) How did this mathematician change history etc.

23. Full Alphabetical Index Translate this page Oskar (459*) Bolzano, Bernhard (790*) Bombelli, Rafael (2012) Bombieri, Enrico (801*)Bonferroni, Carlo (262*) Bonnet, Pierre (368) boole, alicia (Stott) (340 http://alas.matf.bg.ac.yu/~mm97106/math/alphalist.htm

Full Alphabetical Index The number of words in the biography is given in brackets. A * indicates that there is a portrait. A Abbe , Ernst (602*) Abel , Niels Henrik (2899*) Abraham bar Hiyya (641) Abraham, Max Abu Kamil Shuja (1012) Abu Jafar Abu'l-Wafa al-Buzjani (1115) Ackermann , Wilhelm (205) Adams, John Couch Adams, J Frank Adelard of Bath (1008) Adler , August (114) Adrain , Robert (79*) Adrianus , Romanus (419) Aepinus , Franz (124) Agnesi , Maria (2018*) Ahlfors , Lars (725*) Ahmed ibn Yusuf (660) Ahmes Aida Yasuaki (696) Aiken , Howard (665*) Airy , George (313*) Aitken , Alec (825*) Ajima , Naonobu (144) Akhiezer , Naum Il'ich (248*) al-Baghdadi , Abu (947) al-Banna , al-Marrakushi (861) al-Battani , Abu Allah (1333*) al-Biruni , Abu Arrayhan (3002*) al-Farisi , Kamal (1102) al-Haitam , Abu Ali (2490*) al-Hasib Abu Kamil (1012) al-Haytham , Abu Ali (2490*) al-Jawhari , al-Abbas (627) al-Jayyani , Abu (892) al-Karaji , Abu (1789) al-Karkhi al-Kashi , Ghiyath (1725*) al-Khazin , Abu (1148) al-Khalili , Shams (677) al-Khayyami , Omar (2140*) al-Khwarizmi , Abu (2847*) al-Khujandi , Abu (713) al-Kindi , Abu (1151) al-Kuhi , Abu (1146) al-Maghribi , Muhyi (602) al-Mahani , Abu (507) al-Marrakushi , ibn al-Banna (12)

24. Polytope -- From MathWorld sometimes called a polytope (Munkres 1993, p. 8). The word polytope was introducedby alicia boole, the somewhat colorful daughter of logician George boole http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Polytope.html

INDEX Algebra Applied Mathematics Calculus and Analysis Discrete Mathematics ... Alphabetical Index ABOUT THIS SITE About MathWorld About the Author DESTINATIONS What's New MathWorld Headline News Random Entry ... Live 3D Graphics CONTACT Email Comments Contribute! Sign the Guestbook MATHWORLD - IN PRINT Order book from Amazon Geometry Multidimensional Geometry Polytopes Polytope The word polytope is used to mean a number of related, but slightly different mathematica objects. A convex polytope may be defined as the convex hull of a finite set of points (which are always bounded), or as a bounded intersection of a finite set of half-spaces. Coxeter (1973, p. 118) defines polytope as the general term of the sequence " point line segment polygon polyhedron , ...," or more specifically as a finite region of n -dimensional space enclosed by a finite number of hyperplanes. The special name polychoron is sometimes given to a four-dimensional polytope. However, in algebraic topology , the underlying space of a simplicial complex is sometimes called a polytope (Munkres 1993, p. 8). The word "polytope" was introduced by Alicia Boole, the somewhat colorful daughter of logician George Boole (MacHale 1985).

25. George Boole, Meet Bill Gates: A Look At The History Of Computers, And The Role Riddle, Larry. Biographies of Women Mathematicians alicia boole Stott.http//www.scottlan.edu/lriddle/women/stott.htm, 1996. Shasha http://personal.nbnet.nb.ca/michaels/boole.htm

George Boole, meet Bill Gates: A Look at the History of Computers, and the Role of Boolean Algebra written for Dr. Catharine Baker, Math 3031 on April 10, 1997 by Andrew RW Sharpe References at bottom In 1854, Boole published his greatest and most influential work: "An Investigation Into the Laws of Thought, on Which are Founded the Mathematical Theories of Logic and Probabilities." It is here where he brilliantly combined algebra with logic, which is today the foundation of our digital computers. His section on what is now referred to as 'boolean algebra' attempts to prove two propositions: "First, that the operations of the mind, by which, in the exercise of its power of imagination or conception, it combines and modifies the simple ideas of things or qualities, not less than those operations of the reason which are exercised upon truths and propositions, are subject to general laws. Secondly, that those laws are mathematical in their form, and that they are actually developed in the essential laws of human language. Wherefore the laws of the symbols of Logic are deducible from a consideration of the operations of the mind in reasoning." He basically claims that logic is subject to laws, which are mathematical and can be written into an algebra. His paper is summarized next.

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Portada Noticias Archivo Overclocking ... Contacto En Hardware12v En Internet English by Altavista (Babelfish) DICCIONARIO A B C D ... Z Backdoor ( Puerta trasera Backbone Backup Copia de seguridad de los datos almacenados. Lugar de la caja del ordenador donde se introducen las unidades, ésta puede ser de 3.5" o de 5.25". Banner Barra de tareas Base de Datos (BD DB) BASIC (B eginners A ll purpose S ymbolic I nsruction C ode Baudio bps (bits per second) BBS (B ulletin B oard S ystem Benchmark Prueba que analiza y puntúa el rendimiento de el hardware o software del cual se especializa la prueba. Sirve como referencia para comparar productos dentro del mercado. Se compone de las palabras "bench" y "mark" y su traducción literal es "punto de referencia". Éste tipo de software está muy criticado ya que en realidad no es un exámen exhaustivo de nuestros componentes o programas, es simplemente orientativo, una frase conocida dice: "En la industria de los computadores hay tres tipos de mentiras: mentiras, condenadas mentiras y benchmarks".

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28. Boston Globe Online / From The Archives / Health Sense who wishes to argue that scientific talent is genetically transmitted can do nobetter that refer to the daughters of George and Mary boole. alicia became a http://www.boston.com/globe/search/stories/health/science_musings/072390.htm

Health Sense How and Why Visit Boston.com's health section for health events, doctor profiles, local links and more. Archives Automotive Auto classifieds Big Dig ... Week in Photos Search the Globe: Today Yesterday Search the Web Using Altavista The boy who wouldn't stay 'in his place' Author: By Chet Raymo Date: Monday, July 23, 1990 Page: Section: HEALTH AND SCIENCE Inside the entrance of the Boole Library, at Ireland's University College in Cork, the watchful eyes of George Boole gaze down on visitors from the stern but kindly portrait that hangs in a place of honor. The name will be familiar to every computer scientist. George Boole's algebra of logic underlies the design of all modern computers. The memorial plaque on his home in Cork boldly calls him "the father of computer science." That's a claim to fame sufficient for anyone, but the story of George Boole and his family is extraordinary for other reasons. In two ways Boole's story illustrates the power of the human mind to escape the commonplace. With nothing but pluck and hard work the poor son of a shoemaker lifted himself to a professorship of higher mathematics. And in his mathematical researches, Boole freed algebra from its long servitude to arithmetic. No less an authority than Bertrand Russell credited Boole with the discovery of pure mathematics. Russell's appraisal may be an exaggeration, but no one underestimates Boole's contribution to the 20th century. His mathematics of invariants became part of the inspiration for Einstein's theory of relativity. And the "Laws of Thought," which Boole published in 1854, provides the language for digital computing.

29. Biographies Of Women Mathematical Scientists And History Of Women In Mathematica D. MacHale,George boole His Life and Work Contains a disccussin onthe life and work of Mary Everest boole and alicia boole Stott http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~wmnmath/Publications/Bibliographies/bio-a.html

Biographies of Women Mathematical Scientists and History of Women in Mathematical Sciences Abstracts Math teacher Delores Wilkins dies at age 61 Delores Wilkins, 61, a mathematics teacher at Langston Hughes Middle School in Reston VA who was a past president of the Reston chapter of the National Council of Negro Women, died May 11, 1995 Schools courting teen math whiz Article on math prodigy Ruth Lawrence. D. J. Albers and C. Reid ,An interview with Mary Ellen Rudin Interview on Mary Ellen Rudin conducted an International Congress of Mathematics in Berkeley, CA in 1986. Many photographs accompany the article. R. C. Archibald ,Women as Mathematicains and Astronomers Includes suggested topics for undergraduate math club programs and brief biographical information. H. Bromberg ,Grace Murray Hopper: A Remembrance Memorium of U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Hopper, who died January 1, 1992 and was co-inventor of the computer language COBOL. L. L. Bucciarelli and N. Dworsky ,Sophie Germain: An Essay in the History of the Theory of Elasticity Sophie Germain (1776-1831) of France worked in both number theory and physics. Her work in physics on the modes of vibration of elastic surfaces won a competition sponsored by the French Academy of Science in 1809.

30. Women In Math: Biographies Mary Fairfax (17801872) Sperry, Pauline (1885-1967) Srinivasan, Bhama (1935 - )Srinivasan, Bhama (1935- ) Stanley, Ann Stott, alicia boole (1860-1940) Swain http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~wmnmath/People/Biographies/S.html

S Scanlon, Cora Ratto de Sadosky (1912 - 1981) Sally, Judith Sally, Judith Sanderson, Mildred Leonora ... Swain, Mary

31. La Pedofilia Es Asunto Complicado Translate this page y geometría que causaron asombro en la Reina Victoria, quien al leer alicia enel lógica matemática moderna, y ser el precursor de las obras de boole y de http://ar.geocities.com/latrastienda2003/enero2003/miercolesalcantarilla.html

La pedofilia es asunto complicado, los que saben dicen que es una mezcla de Peter Pan con un amor desmedido por los más débiles. Es posiblemente, la más compleja de entender de todas las perversiones por las que atraviesa los seres humanos. Principalmente porque a todos nosotros, el mundo de los niños nos parece demasiado mágico y por tanto intocable. La maldad es asunto de los adultos y no del extraño mundo que esconden los niños y que entre ellos se entienden, y nada más que ellos. Recuerden ese lírico inicio de El Principito, un libro que solamente puede entender los niños y nada más que ellos. Solamente adultos que no hayan tomado el sentido de la maldad, y que amen demasiado a los niños pueden imaginarse boas constrictoras comiendo serpientes, donde el sentido común ( ojo : común me refiero con un criterio estadístico y no valórico) ve solamente sombreros. La pedofilia es quizá una demasiado aproximación al mundo de los niños, pero sin quitarse la coraza de adulto. Es como las playas nudistas, es solamente perverso bañarse en ellas con ropas. Eso te hace invulnerable a la desnudez de otros. Es díficil encontrar en la literatura asuntos de pedofilia, no porque no existan, ese deseo oculto de entrar con ropas de adulto al mundo mágico ha afiebrado a numerosos escritores, y también los ha aislado socialmente. Solamente aquellos que nos han engañado, haciendonos creer que están sin ropas, y por tanto son niños, han logrado nuestro reconocimiento, y de todos ellos, el maestro de ese engaño es sin duda Lewis Carrol.

32. Polytopes Her name was alicia boole Stott. While geometers in the great universities,a century past, were laboring upon the broad outlines http://home.inreach.com/rtowle/Polytopes/polytope.html

Polygons, Polyhedra, Polytopes Polytope is the general term of the sequence, point, segment, polygon, polyhedron, ... So we learn in H.S.M. Coxeter 's wonderful Regular Polytopes (Dover, 1973). When time permits, I may try to provide a systematic approach to higher space. Dimensional analogy is an important tool, when grappling the mysteries of hypercubes and their ilk. But let's start at the beginning, and to simplify matters, and also bring the focus to bear upon the most interesting ramifications of the subject, let us concern ourselves mostly with regular polytopes. You may wish to explore my links to some rather interesting and wonderful polyhedra and polytopes sites, at the bottom of this page. Check out an animated GIF (108K) of an unusual rhombic spirallohedron. Yes, we shall be speaking of the fourth dimension, and, well, the 17th dimension, or for that matter, the millionth dimension. We refer to Euclidean spaces, which are flat, not curved, although such a space may contain curved objects (like circles, spheres, or hyperspheres, which are not polytopes). We are free to adopt various schemes to coordinatize such a space, so that we can specify any point within the space; but let us rely upon Cartesian coordinates, in which a point in an n -space is defined by an n -tuplet of real numbers. These real numbers specify distances from the origins along

33. Regular Convex Polytopes A Short Historical Overview, Regular Polytopes And N-di Although independently English recreational mathematician alicia boole Stott daughterof George boole experimentally found similar results which were published http://presh.com/hovinga/regularandsemiregularconvexpolytopesashorthistoricalove

Regular and semi-regular convex polytopes a short historical overview: Dating back from about 500 BC and most likely much earlier a lot of research on the properties of regular polytopes has been carried out. For those who are unfamiliar with this topic an outline of major discoveries is given below in chronological order: Phytagoras born about 569 BC in Samos, Ionia Greece, died about 475 BC. Although early findings acknowledged by mathematicians and historians date back before the time of Phytagoras like the Babylonians who were aquainted with the famous Pythagoras's theorem c^2=a^2+b^2 as early as 3750 BC, this was not discoverd until 1962. Some of the first basic geometric theorems are credited to Phytagoras. Phytagoras is often called the first pure mathematician; he founded a school "the semicircle" and many pupils elaborated on his findings and thoughts. Besides his famous theorem some basic polygon theorems are credited to Phytagoras and his pupils: A polygon with n sides has sum of interior angles 2*n - 4 right angles (90 degrees) and sum of exterior angles equal to four right angles (360 degrees). This was later described in more detail by Euclid.

34. Here Are The Names Currently [April 1999] In The Index At Http Bernard Bolzern, Paolo Bombieri, Enrico Bondi, Hermann Bondon, Pascal Bonen, ZeevBono, Peter Bóo, Montse Book, Ronald V. boole, alicia boole, George Borchardt http://www.math.niu.edu/~rusin/known-math/99/photos

35. LookSmart - Search Results For "Alicia Brooks Waltman" Mainstream Relevance 100%; 4/1/2000 Psychology Today; alicia Brooks Waltman http//ask.elibrary.com/search.asp?resultdocs=30 backdata=0 searchtype=boole http://www.looksmart.com/r_search?key=Alicia Brooks Waltman

36. LookSmart - Search Results For "Lindsay Koob" that I have not heard since I wore out my old alicia de Larrocha Date 3 http//ask.elibrary.com/search.asp?resultdocs=30 backdata=0 searchtype=boole http://www.looksmart.com/r_search?key=Lindsay Koob

37. Women In Mathematics alicia boole Stott Biography; Cecilia Krieger - Biography; CathleenMorawetz - Biography. Geometrics. Use the Internet information http://www.sandwich.k12.ma.us/webquest/mathwoman/

Women in Mathematics An Internet WebQuest on Women in Mathematics created by Julie Santoni, Connie Codner, and Pam Santino Sandwich Public Schools Introduction The Task HyperText Dictionary Introduction Have you ever heard of Hypatia or Agnesi. Odds are you haven't. Hypatia was stoned to death for her beliefs and when Agnesi had her book translated her theory was known as 'the witch of Agnesi'. These two women along with many more have made substantial contributions to the area of mathematics. The Quest The Association for Women in Mathematics has asked that a team be put together to enlighten the world to these important mathematicians. Individually you will become an expert on 1 mathematician. You will use your information to create a short biography. As a team you will use your individual research to create a timeline to show that women have been engaged in math for thousands of years. Then as a class you will create an all inclusive timeline. Using infromation you have gathered you will also use a world map to pinpoint the place of birth of your mathematician. The Process and Resources In this WebQuest you will be working together with a group of students in class. Each group will answer the Task or Quest(ion). As a member of the group you will explore Webpages from people all over the world who care about Women in Mathematics. Because these are real Webpages we're tapping into, not things made just for schools, the reading level might challenge you. Feel free to use the online Webster dictionary or one in your classroom.

38. The Hamilton Mathematics Institute, TCD alicia boole Stott who worked on regular solids in four dimensions. aliciaboole Stott who worked on regular solids in four dimensions. http://www.hamilton.tcd.ie/outreach/irishmathematicians.php

Home About HMI HMI Events Contact ... Q and A IRISH MATHEMATICIANS The MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive contains biographies of many mathematicians who were Irish or had links with Ireland. Robert Adrain left Ireland after taking part in the rebellion of 1798 and played an important part in the development of mathematics research and education in the USA. Kathleen McNulty Mauchly Antonelli pioneered automated numerical calculation. John Stewart Bell , Bell's theorem pins down just what is peculiar about quantum mechanics. George Berkeley , an important philosopher, is perhaps best remembered for worrying what happened to a tree when no-one was there to see it. He commented on the logical foundations of Newton's calculus. Robert Boyle of Boyle's Law fame espoused the scientific method and the existence of a vacuum. George Boole began the algebra of logic called Boolean algebra, he also worked on differential equations and on probability. Thomas John l'Anson Bromwich described by Hardy as ".. best pure mathematician among the applied mathematicians at Cambridge, and the best applied mathematician among the pure mathematicians." was Professor of Mathematics in Galway between 1902 and 1907.

39. INDEX Translate this page Bernhard Bolzern, Paolo Bombieri, Enrico Bonaparte, Napoleon Bondi, Hermann Bondon,Pascal Bonen, Zeev Bono, Peter Book, Ronald V. boole, alicia boole, George http://www.cwi.nl/library/pictures/names.html

INDEX PICTURE DATABASE A B C D ... Z A Aazhang, Behnaam Abadi, M. Abadi, Martin Abbadi, Amr el ... Azbelev, N. V. B B"achtold, Martin B"olcskei, Helmut Baayen, P. C. Babbage, Charles ... Bürgi, Jost C Cacciabue, Pietro Carlo Caccioppoli, Renato Caffarelli, L.A. Caglioti, Vincenzo ... Córdoba, António D D"urre, Karl D'Alembert, Jean-le-Rond D'Amato, Francesco D'Amato ... Dürre, Karl P. E Eberle, Karin Eberlein, W.F. Eberstark, Hans Ebrahimi, Touradj ... Ezhkova, Irina Vasilyevna F F"urstenberg, Harry Fabes, Eugene B. Faci, Mohammed Faddeev, Lyudvig Dmitrievich ... Fuster Casas, D. Jose G G"odel, K. G"odel, Kurt G"ortler, H. G"unter, Paul ... Gödel, Kurt H H"older, Ernst H"older, Otto H"ormander, Lars Haantjes, J. ... Hülsemann, Johannes I I, Chih-Lin Ibnkahla, Mohamed Ienne, Paolo Iinatti, Jari H. ... Izzard, Martin J J"orgens, Konrad Jaaksoo, Ülo Jablonsky, Boleslav Jackson, Michael ... Jwo, Jung-Sing K K"ahler, Erich K"ohler, Torsten K"onig, Heinz K"onigsberger, Leo ... Kühn, Johannes L L"owig, H.F.J. L"owner, Karl L'Abbé, M.A. L'Ecuyer, Pierre ... Lück, Wolfgang M M"obius, August Ferdinand M"oller, Rolf M"uhll-His Karl von der M"uller, Claus ... Müntzer, Thomas N Nacabal, Francois

40. Universal Book Of Mathematics: List Of Entries Alhambra BanachTarski paradox boole, alicia bridges of Königsberg Brouwerfixed-point theorem Császár polyhedron Eddington number fly-between http://www.daviddarling.info/works/Mathematics/mathematics_samples.html

WORLDS OF DAVID DARLING ENCYCLOPEDIA NEWS ARCHIVE ... E-MAIL THE UNIVERSAL BOOK OF MATHEMATICS From Abracadabra to Zeno's Paradoxes Sample Entries Alhambra Banach-Tarski paradox Boole, Alicia Brouwer fixed-point theorem ... sphericon Alhambra The former palace and citadel of the Moorish kings of Granada, and perhaps the greatest monument to Islamic mathematical art on Earth. Because the Qur'an considers the depiction of living beings in religious settings blasphemous, Islamic artists created intricate patterns to symbolize the wonders of creation: the repetitive nature of these complex geometric designs suggested the limitless power of God. The sprawling citadel, looming high above the Andalusian plain, boasts a remarkable array of mosaics with tiles arranged in intricate patterns. The Alhambra tiling Escher , who came here in 1936. Subsequently, Escher's art took on a much more mathematical nature and over the next six years he produced 43 colored drawings of periodic tilings with a wide variety of symmetry types. Banach-Tarski paradox There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

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