1. Maria Agnesi By: Kimberly Bouchard 7 th Hour

2. Introduction  My purpose is to inform you about Maria Agnesi  By the end of this power point I hope that you know a little more about Maria Agnesi  Preview Statement:  Early Life  Witch of Agnesi  Other Information

3. Early Life  Born on May 16, 1718 and died January 1799.  The oldest of 21 siblings, and tutored them growing up.  Able to speak French by the age of 5 and by 15 she could speak Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Spanish, and German fluently.

4. Witch of Agnesi  She was known for The Witch of Agnesi, which graphs the Cartesian Equation.  It got its name from the Italian word “aversier” which means “to turn” y(x2+a2)=a3 or x=at, y=a/(1+t2).  A planar cubic curve that is symmetric at the y-axis and approaches the x-axis as an asymptote..

5. Other Information  In 1749, she was appointed Chair of Higher Mathematics by Pope Benedick XIV at the Chair of Higher Mathematics at the University of Bologna. She served for two years  After the death of her father, she gave up on mathematics, and focused on caring for ill women.  She was also a philosopher

6. Other Information Continued  She was credited for writing the first book that discussed both differential and integral calculus  At the age of nine she wrote a debate in Latin arguing about higher education for women  She wrote a book called Instituzioni Analitiche ad uso della gioventu italiana (Foundations of analysis for the Use of Italian Youth) which was published in 1748

7. Works Cited www.agnesscott.edu/Lriddle/WOMEN/agn esi.htmwww.agnesscott.edu/Lriddle/WOMEN/agn esi.htm www.scidiv.bcc.ctc.edu/Math/Agnesi.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Gaetana _Agnesihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Gaetana _Agnesi http://www.agnesscott.edu/Lriddle/women/ witch.htmhttp://www.agnesscott.edu/Lriddle/women/ witch.htm http://www.answers.com/topic/witch-of- agnesihttp://www.answers.com/topic/witch-of- agnesi