Greatest Mathematicians

Who is the Father of Mathematics?

• A. Archimedes

• B. Plato

• C. Aristotle

• D. Darwin

Who is the Father of Geometry?

• A. Aristotle

• B. Euclid

• C. Archimedes

• D. Plato

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Pythagoras discovered this prominent theorem. What theorem is it?

• A. Pythagorean Theorem

• B. Pythagoras Theorem

• C. Theorem of Relativity

• D. Multiverse Theory

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He believed that in the Universe, the position of the Earth was in the center.

• A. Plato

• B. Darwin

• C. Ptolemy

• D. Socrates

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This renowned mathematician was the first one who calculated the upper bound and lowers bound values of Pi by inscribing and circumscribing around a circle, the polygon, and processed finally to calculate the areas of the polygon.

• A. Plato

• B. Socrates

• C. DIocles

• D. Antiphon

He was the one who discovered the square root of numbers.

• A. Hero of Alexandria

• B. Ptolemy

• C. Socrates

• D. Archimedes

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He discovered the first trigonometric table in mathematics.

• A. Hipparchus

• B. Socrates

• C. Ptolemy

• D. Plato

His algebraic equations are quite easy and unique, so he was popularly known as the ‘Father of Algebra.’

• A. Diophantus

• B. Plato

• C. Alexander the Great

• D. Alexander the III

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He was a student of Plato, and both of them together discovered many philosophical theories and contributed to mathematics and Platonism.

• A. Plato

• B. Aristotle

• C. Socrates

• D. Ptolemy

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He was very skilled in Geometry and used Geometry as a means to calculate the heights of pyramids and measure the distance of a ship from the shore. As he was also a philosopher, in the ‘Thales’ theorem’ he tries to apply Geometry by using deductive reasoning and derives the conclusion of four corollaries.

• A. Plato

• B. Thales MDS

• C. Thales of Miletus

• D. Socrates

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