Men of Mathematics (113 page)

Brahe, Tycho,
110

branches, branch points,
493
–5

Brewster, Sir David,
112
,
269
,
500

Brianchon, C. J.,
216

Briggs, Henry,
426

Brinkley, John,
343
–5

Brochard, Jeanne,
36

Brooke, Rupert,
398

Brouwer, L. E. J.,
19
,
24
,
278
,
569
,
576
–9

Bruno, Giordano,
46

Bunsen, R. W.,
424
–5

Burali-Forti, C.,
575
,
577

Burnet, John,
25

Butler, Samuel,
340

Byron, George Gordon, Lord,
257
,
380

calculus,
5
–7,
13
,
23
,
32
–3,
56
–7,
59
,
61
,
64
,
95
,
97
–107,
109
,
113
–4,
117
–8,
121
,
125
–6,
132
–7,
139
–40,
147
,
149
,
151
,
154
–6,
162
,
169
,
186
,
208
,
251
,
270
,
284
,
286
,
322
,
324
,
328
,
330
,
334
,
348
,
361
,
364
,
407
,
442
,
448
,
488
–9,
507
,
517

calculus of variations,
437

calculus, tensor,
213
,
256
,
448
,
528

Campanella, Tammaso,
46

Cantor, Georg F. L. P.,
354
,
406
–8,
446
,
482
,
519
–20,
522
, chap.
29

Cantor, Marie Bohm,
558

Cantor, Moritz,
17
,
19
,
25

Cantor, Vally Guttman,
563

Cantor, Waldemar Georg,
558

Cardan, H.,
323

Carnot, Lazare-Nicolas-Marguerite,
207
,
285

Catherine the Great,
141
,
145
–7,
149
–50

Cauchy, Augustin-Louis,
152
,
164
–5,
167
,
169
,
223
,
250
–1,
260
, chap.
15
,
317
–8,
320
,
335
,
351
,
368
–9,
376
–8,
407
,
416
,
457
,
473
,
482
,
488
–90,
518
,
527
,
541

causality,
306

Cavalieri, B.,
118

Cayley, Arthur,
3
–4,
213
–4,
271
,
282
,
359
,
368
, chap.
21
,
437
,
448
,
459
,
474
,
515
,
534
,
546

Chanute (French ambassador),
50
–1

characteristic,
349

Charles I,
92

Charlet, Father,
36
–7,
50

Chasles, Michel,
139

Chevalier, Auguste,
374
,
377

Christ, Jesus,
573

Christine, Queen of Sweden,
49
,
51
,
82

Christoffel, E. B.,
256
,
391
,
480

Cicero,
55
,
363

class,
567
–9,
570
,
572
–5,
577
–8

Clifford, Wm. K.,
294
,
490
,
503
–4

Colburn, Zerah,
66
,
342
–3

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor,
344
–5,
484

Columbus, Christopher,
338

combination,
280

commutative,
356
,
360
,
402

complex number, variable,
233
–4,
248
–50,
253
,
260
,
263
,
267
,
284
,
293
,
333
–5,
356
–60,
407
,
457
–9
487
–93,
495
,
510
,
514
,
529
,
541

complex units,
474

Condorcet, N. C. de,
152
,
180
,
187
–8

congruence,
225
–7,
235
–6,
252
–3,
293

conjugates,
459

Conon,
30

continuity, continuous,
13
,
22
–3,
27
,
59
,
117
,
140
,
162
,
200
,
208
–9,
211
,
216
,
234
,
237
,
268
,
283
,
286
,
407
,
430
,
456
,
488
,
491
,
504
–5,
510
,
520
–1,
555
,
557
,
562
,
569
,
574
–6,
579

convergence,
151
,
222
–3,
274
,
286
7
,
430
–2,
487
,
535
,
541
,
543
,
561
,
562

Copernicus, Nicolas,
46
,
294
,
306

Corneille, Pierre,
76

corpus,
355

correlation,
289

Cotes, R.,
503

Couturat, L.,
121
,
565
–7

covariant,
395

Crelle, August Leopold,
314
,
316
–7,
319
–20,
326
,
413
,
416
,
418
–9,
421
,
432
,
562

Cromwell, Oliver,
93

curvature,
264
–5,
500
,
504
–5,
507
–9

cuts,
494
–5,
519
–21,
557

cyclotomy,
513

D'Alembert, Jean le Rond,
148
–9,
155
–62,
173
,
187
,
489
,
544

Darboux, Gaston,
454
,
531
,
533
,
536
,
544

Darwin, Charles,
16
,
137

Darwin, G. H.,
529

Dedekind, Julie,
518

Dedekind, Richard,
19
,
25
,
223
,
238
,
253
,
406
–8,
468
,
470
,
472
,
474
,
489
,
500
,
502
, chap.
27
,
557
,
563
,
575
–7,
579

Delambre, J. B. J.,
154

De Long, Claire,
57

De Long, Louise,
58

De Morgan, A.,
147
,
354
,
384
,
387
,
434
,
438
,
440
–1

denumerable infinity,
539
–40,
569
,
572

Desargues, G.,
74
,
77
,
79
,
183
,
208
,
213
,
285
,
398

Descartes, René,
7
,
14
–5,
20
,
32
, chap.
3
,
56
–9,
62
–4,
73
–4,
80
,
82
,
93
,
111
,
121
–2,
129
,
140
,
147
,
211
–2,
233
,
245
,
265
–6,
347
,
349
,
376
,
443
,
457
–8,
481
,
505
,
512

determinants,
338
,
388

Dickens, Charles,
380
,
436

Dickson, L. E.,
261
,
355

Diderot, Denis,
146
–7

Diophantus,
70
–1,
152

Dirac, P. A. M.,
19
,
515

Dirichlet, P. G. Lejeune,
236
–7,
318
,
332
,
405
,
458
,
468
–9,
473
,
489
,
496
,
499
,
500
,
512
,
517
,
518

discrete,
13
–4,
21
,
24
,
117
,
140
,
162
,
283
,
505

discriminant,
389
–90,
401

distance,
505
–9

distributive law,
356

divergent,
287

Dositheus,
30

duality,
214
,
216
–7

Dumas, Alexandre,
373

Dürer, Albert,
17

Eddington, Sir Arthur S.,
484
,
515

Edgeworth, Maria,
344

Edison, Thomas A.,
548

Einstein, Albert,
5
,
7
,
15
,
19
,
138
,
154
,
213
,
255
–6,
305
,
320
,
350
,
391
,
448
,
490
–1,
546
–7,
556

Eisenstein, F. M. G.,
68
,
237
,
253
,
390
,
455
–6,
468
,
489

Elijah,
69

Elisabeth, Princess,
41
,
49
,
51
,
129

elliptic functions, see functions, elliptic

elliptic integrals,
317
,
322
,
324
,
336

equations,
52
,
65
,
68
,
70
,
136
,
150
,
155
,
157
,
162
–5,
179
,
186
,
192
,
198
–9,
201
,
211
,
225
,
232
–5,
252
,
265
–6,
270
–2,
282
–3,
309
–14,
317
–8,
322
,
328
,
334
–6,
338
,
347
,
354
–6,
364
,
368
,
372
,
376
,
389
–90,
404
,
408
,
416
,
430
,
438
,
445
,
450
–3,
456
–7,
459
–64,
470
,
472
4
,
476
–8,
482
,
489
–90,
492
–3,
499
,
514
–5,
518
,
528
,
536
,
538
40
,
543
–4,
561
,
564
–5,
568
–9

Eratosthenes,
30
–1

Essenbeck, Nees von,
240

Euclid,
7
,
14
,
19
–20,
27
,
75
,
127
,
153
,
165
,
176
,
215
–6,
223
,
266
,
299
–303,
305
–6,
314
,
351
,
358
,
379
,
399
–400,
443
,
454
,
474
,
514

Eudoxus,
19
,
25
–7,
407
,
480
,
483
,
519
,
522
,
575

Euler, Albert,
149

Euler, Catharina Gsell,
145

Euler, Léonard,
69
,
115
,
132
–3,
135
–7, chap.
9
,
155
–6,
158
–60,
175
,
223
–6,
242
,
245
,
263
,
271
,
277
,
284
,
308
–9,
328
–9,
354
,
368
,
378
,
443
,
450
,
488
–9,
492
,
517
,
532
,
534
,
541
,
543

Euler, Marguerite Brucker,
143

Euler, Paul,
143

existence,
482

extrema,
304

factorials,
417
,
462

factorization,
334
,
569

factorization, unique,
514
,
522

factors, prime,
522

Ferdinand II,
39