MATH 4109 Final UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Fibonacci - CORRECT ANSWER - Came up with a numerical series where each number
is the sum of the preceding two numbers in the sequence
Robert Recorde - CORRECT ANSWER - a Welsh mathematician who introduced the
symbol for the equals sign in the 1500s
Michael Stifel - CORRECT ANSWER - First to use plus and minus signs and developed a
system of logarithms
Nicolas Cusa - CORRECT ANSWER - Roman Catholic prelate and philosopher who
focused on mystical philosophy. He anticipated Copernicus by his belief in the earth's rotation
and revolution around the sun.
Johann Muller - CORRECT ANSWER - Wrote the first systematic treatment of
trigonometry separate from astronomy in Europe De traingulis omnimodis
Nicolas Chuquet - CORRECT ANSWER - He invented his own notation for algebraic
concepts and exponentiation. He may have been the first mathematician to recognize zero and
negative numbers as exponents
Loca Pacioli - CORRECT ANSWER - Wrote Summa de arithmetica, geometrica,
proprotioni et proportionalita, a compilation of all arithmetic, algebra and geometry of the time,
used a fully syncopated algebra
Tartaglia - CORRECT ANSWER - Played a part in the solution to cubics
Gerolamo Cardano - CORRECT ANSWER - Gave the rule for solving equations in the
form of x^3+mx^2=n
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Fibonacci - CORRECT ANSWER - Came up with a numerical series where each number
is the sum of the preceding two numbers in the sequence
Robert Recorde - CORRECT ANSWER - a Welsh mathematician who introduced the
symbol for the equals sign in the 1500s
Michael Stifel - CORRECT ANSWER - First to use plus and minus signs and developed a
system of logarithms
Nicolas Cusa - CORRECT ANSWER - Roman Catholic prelate and philosopher who
focused on mystical philosophy. He anticipated Copernicus by his belief in the earth's rotation
and revolution around the sun.
Johann Muller - CORRECT ANSWER - Wrote the first systematic treatment of
trigonometry separate from astronomy in Europe De traingulis omnimodis
Nicolas Chuquet - CORRECT ANSWER - He invented his own notation for algebraic
concepts and exponentiation. He may have been the first mathematician to recognize zero and
negative numbers as exponents
Loca Pacioli - CORRECT ANSWER - Wrote Summa de arithmetica, geometrica,
proprotioni et proportionalita, a compilation of all arithmetic, algebra and geometry of the time,
used a fully syncopated algebra
Tartaglia - CORRECT ANSWER - Played a part in the solution to cubics
Gerolamo Cardano - CORRECT ANSWER - Gave the rule for solving equations in the
form of x^3+mx^2=n
