1, Archimedes (287 BC-2 BC12)
The great ancient Greek philosopher, encyclopedic scientist, mathematician, physicist, mechanic, founder of statics and hydrostatics, enjoys the reputation of "the father of mechanics", and is called the three greatest mathematicians in the world together with Gauss and Newton. The basic principles of statics and hydrostatics are established. It is proved that the buoyancy of an object in a liquid is equal to the weight of the liquid it displaces, and this result is later called Archimedes principle.
2. C.F.Gauss (1April 30, 777-1February 23, 855)
Germany is a famous mathematician, physicist, astronomer, geometer, geodetic scientist and one of the founders of modern mathematics. Gauss is regarded as one of the most important mathematicians in history, known as the "prince of mathematics", and ranks as the four greatest mathematicians in the world along with Archimedes, Newton and Euler. Gauss made great achievements in his life, with as many achievements as 1 10 named after his name, which is the most among mathematicians. He has made contributions to number theory, algebra, statistics, analysis and differential geometry.
3. isaac newton (1643 65438+1October 4-65438+March 3 1 0727)
British. Newton is the chairman of the Royal Society, a famous British physicist, and is known as the "father of physics". Newton put forward Newton's law of motion, invented reflecting telescope, expressed the cooling law and studied the speed of sound, and put forward Newton's method of approaching the zero point of function, which laid the foundation for modern physics, mechanics, optics, mathematics and other fields. Newton's works include Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy and Optics, among which Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy opened up a great scientific era.
Leonhard euler (leonhard euler,1April 70715 ~1September 783 18).
Swiss mathematician and natural scientist. Euler is one of the most outstanding figures in the field of mathematics in the18th century. He not only made contributions in the field of mathematics, but also pushed the whole mathematics into the field of physics. He is the most prolific mathematician in the history of mathematics, writing more than 800 pages of papers every year on average. He also wrote a large number of textbooks on mechanics, analysis, geometry and variational methods. Introduction to Differential Analysis, Principles of Differential Calculus and Principles of Integral Calculus have all become classic works in the field of mathematics.
5. Euclid (330 BC-275 BC)
Ancient Greece, mathematician. He was active in Alexandria during the period of Ptolemy I Soter (364 BC-283 BC) and was called "the father of geometry". His most famous book "Elements of Geometry" is "Fundamentals of Mathematics in European Countries", which puts forward five postulates, Euclidean Geometry, and is widely regarded as the most successful textbook in history. Euclid also wrote some works about perspective, conic curve, spherical geometry and number theory.