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WorksheetsMathematics in the 18th Century
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 26mins
He published Ars Conjectandi which contributed a lot in the theory of probability.
Jacob Bernoulli
Johann Bernoulli
Nicolaus Bernoulli
Daniel Bernoulli
He was known as the Archimedes of his Age.
Abraham De Moivre
Johann Bernoulli
Leonard Euler
Nicolaus Bernoulli
He pioneered the development of analytic geometry and the theory of probability.
Leonard Euler
Jean le Rond D'Alembert
Johann Bernoulli
Abraham De Moivre
He published Mathematical exercises which covered four topics: game of faro, flow of water from a hole in a container, Riccati differential equation, and figures bounded by two arcs of a circle.
Daniel Bernoulli
Colin Maclaurin
Gaspard Monge
Leonard Euler
He wrote around 380 articles and books on calculus of variations, on the calculation of planetary orbits, on artillery and ballistics, and others.
Jean le Rond D'Alembert
Daniel Bernoulli
Leonard Euler
Joseph Louis Lagrange
He investigated integral test for the convergence of an infinite series.
Abraham De Moivre
Leonard Euler
Colin Maclaurin
Daniel Bernoulli
He made important mathematical contributions to the problem of trajectories while working on the mathematical arguments behind the Newton and Leibniz dispute.
Nicolaus Bernoulli
Daniel Bernoulli
Leonard Euler
Jean le Rond D'Alembert
He published the Doctrine of Chance which is a method of calculating the probabilities of events in a play.
Johann Bernoulli
Abraham De Moivre
Colin Maclaurin
Nicolaus Bernoulli
He pioneered the study of partial differential equations and their use in physics.
Joseph Louis Lagrange
Leonard Euler
Nicolaus Bernoulli
Jean le Rond D'Alembert
He solved systems of linear differential equations which used the characteristic value of linear substitution for the first time.
Jean le Rond D'Alembert
Joseph Louis Lagrange
Leonard Euler
Daniel Bernoulli
He was considered the father of differential geometry.
Leonard Euler
Nicolaus Bernoulli
Gaspard Monge
Daniel Bernoulli
He published Mechanica which extensively presented Newton dynamics in the form of mathematical analysis for the first time.
Daniel Bernoulli
Leonard Euler
Colin Maclaurin
Joseph Louis Lagrange
He designed an hour glass to be used at sea which he won in the Paris Academy.
Daniel Bernoulli
Nicolaus Bernoulli
Leonard Euler
Jean le Rond D'Alembert
Which of the following is NOT true about the teaching in the 18th Century?
Some mathematicians became involved in politics.
Mathematics was taught in schools not only for its practical application in solving daily problems but also to gain more insights in astronomy, mechanics and other aspects of the natural world.
The subjects encapsulated from astronomy to shipbuilding, navigation and surveying.
Mathematics teaching concentrated on the calculus and its application to mechanics.
Do you agree that 18th Century is an Age of Sophistication? Justify your answer.
