Mahavira

Mahavira

male
Indian, Indian mathematics, 9th century, Ganit Saar Sangraha, arithmetical progression, perimeter…squareroot
Mahavira was a 9th century Indian mathematician from Gulbarga who asserted that the square root of a negative number did not exist. He gave the sum...

Zhu Shijie

male, deceased (1330)
Jade Mirror of the Four Unknowns, Introduction to Computational Studies, Introduction to Mathematical Studies, arithmetic, chinese, squareroot
Zhu Shijie (mid-1270s?-1330?) also known as Chu Shih-Chieh was one of the greatest Chinese mathematicians. Little is known about his life, but two...

Theodorus Of Cyrene

male
atheist, mathematician, interpolation, irrationality, hypotenuse, Spirals From Theodorus to Chaos…square root of 3, squareroot
Theodorus of Cyrene was a Greek mathematician of the 5th century BC who was admired by Plato (who mentions him in several of his works, most...
Michel Rolle

Michel Rolle

male, deceased (1719)
mathematician, French, squareroot, notation, root, Rolle's theorem
Michel Rolle (April 21, 1652 - November 8, 1719) was a French mathematician. He is best known for Rolle's theorem (1691). He also invented the...
Euan Uglow

Euan Uglow

male, deceased (2000)
Alumni of Slade School of Art, London University, squareroot, still life, geometry, English…square, root, Root Five Nude
Euan Uglow (March 10, 1932 - August 31, 2000) was an English figurative painter. Uglow was born in London and studied at Camberwell College of Arts...