M100 Quiz - Mathematicians

This mathematician formalized the theory of matrices.

• Bertrand Russell

• David Hilbert

• Karl Weierstrass

• Arthur Cayley

He established the partial differential equation governing heat diffusion and solved it by using infinite series of trigonometric functions.

• Bertrand Russell

• Joseph Fourier

• Karl Weierstrass

• Adrien-Marie Legendre

Known as the father of modern analysis, he devised tests for the convergence of series and contributed to the theory of periodic functions and the calculus of variations.

• Bertrand Russell

• Joseph Fourier

• Karl Weierstrass

• Adrien-Marie Legendre

This Indian mathematician is very well known for his formula of infinite series of the irrational number π.

• Adrien-Marie Legendre

• Srinavasa Ramanujan

• Karl Weierstrass

• David Hilbert

This French mathematician gave a simple proof that π is irrational as well as the first proof that π² is irrational.

• Adrien-Marie Legendre

• Srinavasa Ramanujan

• Karl Weierstrass

• David Hilbert