Science and math

Modularity theorem

Jovan Stosic January 30, 2020

The modularity theorem (formerly called the Taniyama–Shimura conjecture) states that elliptic curves over the field of rational numbers are related to modular forms. Andrew Wiles proved the modularity theorem for semistable elliptic curves, which was enough to imply Fermat’s last theorem. Later, Christophe Breuil, Brian Conrad, Fred Diamond and Richard Taylor extended Wiles’ techniques to prove the full modularity theorem in 2001.

Source: Modularity theorem – Wikipedia

Andrew Wiles

Jovan Stosic January 30, 2020

Sir Andrew John Wiles KBE FRS (born 11 April 1953) is an English mathematician and a Royal Society Research Professor at the University of Oxford, specializing in number theory. He is best known for proving Fermat’s Last Theorem, for which he was awarded the 2016 Abel Prize and the 2017 Copley Medal by the Royal Society. He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2000, and in 2018 was appointed as the first Regius Professor of Mathematics at Oxford. Wiles is also a 1997 MacArthur Fellow.

Source: Andrew Wiles – Wikipedia

SymPy

Jovan Stosic October 26, 2019

SymPy is a Python library for symbolic computation. It provides computer algebra capabilities either as a standalone application, as a library to other applications, or live on the web as SymPy Live or SymPy Gamma. SymPy is simple to install and to inspect because it is written entirely in Python with few dependencies.[2][3][4] This ease of access combined with a simple and extensible code base in a well known language make SymPy a computer algebra system with a relatively low barrier to entry.

SymPy includes features ranging from basic symbolic arithmetic to calculus, algebra, discrete mathematics and quantum physics. It is capable of formatting the result of the computations as LaTeX code.[2][3]

SymPy is free software and is licensed under New BSD License. The lead developers are Ondřej Čertík and Aaron Meurer.

Source: SymPy – Wikipedia

Q.E.D. – Wikipedia

Jovan Stosic October 13, 2019

Q.E.D. or QED (sometimes italicized) is an initialism of the Latin phrase “quod erat demonstrandum”, literally meaning “what was to be shown”.[1] Traditionally, the abbreviation is placed at the end of a mathematical proof or philosophical argument to indicate that the proof or argument is complete, therefore used with the meaning “thus it has been demonstrated”.

Source: Q.E.D. – Wikipedia

Isaac Barrow

Jovan Stosic September 30, 2019

Isaac Barrow (October 1630 – 4 May 1677) was an English Christian theologian and mathematician who is generally given credit for his early role in the development of infinitesimal calculus; in particular, for the discovery of the fundamental theorem of calculus. His work centered on the properties of the tangent; Barrow was the first to calculate the tangents of the kappa curve. He is also notable for being the inaugural holder of the prestigious Lucasian Professorship of Mathematics, a post later held by his student, Isaac Newton.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Barrow

John Wilkins

Jovan Stosic September 30, 2019

John Wilkins, FRS (1614–1672) was an Anglican clergyman, natural philosopher and author, and was one of the founders of the Royal Society. He was Bishop of Chester from 1668 until his death.

Wilkins is one of the few persons to have headed a college at both the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. He was a polymath, although not one of the most important scientific innovators of the period. His personal qualities were brought out, and obvious to his contemporaries, in reducing political tension in InterregnumOxford, in founding the Royal Society on non-partisan lines, and in efforts to reach out to religious nonconformists. He was one of the founders of the new natural theologycompatible with the science of the time. He is particularly known for An Essay towards a Real Character and a Philosophical Language (1668) in which, amongst other things, he proposed a universal language and an integrated system of measurement, similar to the metric system.

Wilkins lived in a period of great political and religious controversy, yet managed to remain on working terms with men of all political stripes; he was key in setting the Church of England on the path toward comprehension for as many sects as possible, “and toleration for the rest.” Gilbert Burnet called him “the wisest clergyman I ever knew. He was a lover of mankind, and had a delight in doing good.”

His stepdaughter married John Tillotson, who became Archbishop of Canterbury.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilkins