1 Newton invents calculus
2 Tartaglia solves cubic equations
3 Mobius strip is discovered
4 Galois writes about group theory
5 Whitehead and Russel write "Principia Mathematica"
6 Archimedes determines formulas for the area and volume of a sphere
7 Lambert proves pi is irrational
8 Oughtred invents the slide rule
9 Euclid writes "Elements"
10 Four-color map problem is solved
11 Stevin introduces decimals
12 Goldbach states famous conjecture
13 Fermat leaves last theorem
14 Descartes creates analytic geometry
15 Napier invents logarithms
16 Appollonius studies conic sections
17 Wallace introduces the symbol for infinity (sideways 8)
18 Agnesi writes "Foundation of analysis"
19 Al-Khowarizmi uses zero
20 Argand graphs imaginary numbers
21 Rudolff introduces the radical sign
22 Riemann creates elliptic geometry
23 Eratosthenes determines the circumference of Earth
24 Lovelace describes how to program Baggage's "Analytical Engine"
25 Recorde introduces the equals sign
26 Euler shows the e xi + 1 = 0
27 ENIAC, the first electronic computer, is invented
28 Pascal and Fermat discuss theory of probability in their correspondence
29 Kovalevski is the first woman to earn a doctorate in mathematics
30 Pythagoreans discover irrational numbers
31 Saccheri writes " Euclid freed of every flaw"
32 Godel publishes "incompleteness" theorems
33 Leibniz invents calculus
34 Cantor creates transfinite numbers
35 Harriot introduces the inequality signs
36 Gauss determines the convergence of infinite series
thank you!|||Have you considered......I don't know.....searching the Internet?
Or, even better, consulting Wikipedia?
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