Quiz on George Salmon

When was George Salmon born?

• 1820

• 1819

• 1825

• 1830

Where did George Salmon receive his education?

• University of Edinburgh

• Trinity College Dublin

• University of Oxford

• University of Cambridge

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What was George Salmon's main area of mathematical research in the mid-1840s?

• Algebraic geometry

• Number theory

• Calculus

• Topology

Which French mathematicians influenced George Salmon's work?

• Poincaré and Laplace

• Poncelet and Chasles

• Descartes and Pascal

• Fermat and Lagrange

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What was the title of one of George Salmon's textbooks?

• Elements of Algebra

• Treatise on Conic Sections

• Introduction to Calculus

• Principles of Geometry

In which year did George Salmon become a fellow of Trinity College?

• 1841

• 1838

• 1850

• 1860

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What was George Salmon's role at Trinity College later in his career?

• Dean

• Provost

• President

• Chancellor

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Which language was George Salmon's work translated into by Wilhelm Fiedler?

• French

• German

• Spanish

• Italian

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What was the focus of George Salmon's book "The Human Element in the Gospels"?

• Mathematical theories

• Theological issues

• Historical events

• Scientific discoveries

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Who was one of George Salmon's notable students?

• John Dowden

• William Rowan Hamilton

• Arthur Cayley

• James Clerk Maxwell

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