1. Famous Mathematicians By: Mary Bowling

2. Aryabhatta  Aryabhata was born in the region lying between Narmada and Godavari, which was known as Ashmaka,and is now identified with Maharashtra  Died in 550 BC in India  We know the year of Aryabhata's birth since he tells us that he was twenty-three years of age when he wrote Aryabhatiya which he finished in 499.  Aryabhata is the author of several treatises on mathematics and astronomy, some of which are lost.  Aryabhata was born in the region lying between Narmada and Godavari, which was known as Ashmaka,and is now identified with Maharashtra  Died in 550 BC in India  We know the year of Aryabhata's birth since he tells us that he was twenty-three years of age when he wrote Aryabhatiya which he finished in 499.  Aryabhata is the author of several treatises on mathematics and astronomy, some of which are lost.

3. Contribution to math  Aryabhata works had also included on the approximation for pi.

4. Picture of Aryabhatta

5. Benjamin Banneker  Was born on November 9, 1731  Benjamin was a black mathematician, astronomer, clockmaker and publisher.  While he was a child he was trained in reading and doing arithmetic by his grandmother and a schoolmaster.  When he was old enough to help around the family farm he quit taking formal education.  Benjamin saw a watch and showed it to Banneker and he started to examine it and its working or how it works.  Was born on November 9, 1731  Benjamin was a black mathematician, astronomer, clockmaker and publisher.  While he was a child he was trained in reading and doing arithmetic by his grandmother and a schoolmaster.  When he was old enough to help around the family farm he quit taking formal education.  Benjamin saw a watch and showed it to Banneker and he started to examine it and its working or how it works.

6. Benjamin continued….  He designed huge replicas of the watch by calculating the gear assemblies and made a huge striking clock.  This invention of Benjamin Banneker served as an accurate timepiece and he earned recognition as a clockmaker.  He designed huge replicas of the watch by calculating the gear assemblies and made a huge striking clock.  This invention of Benjamin Banneker served as an accurate timepiece and he earned recognition as a clockmaker.

7. Pictures of Benjamin

8. Florence Eliza Allen  Florence Allen was born on October 4, 1876 somewhere called Horicon, Wisconsin.  Florence received a masters degree at the university of Wisconsin in 1900 and and 1901.  In 1907 she had become the second woman to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics at the university of Wisconsin-madison.  She had also got a the fourth Ph.D. overall over all of her department.  Florence Allen was born on October 4, 1876 somewhere called Horicon, Wisconsin.  Florence received a masters degree at the university of Wisconsin in 1900 and and 1901.  In 1907 she had become the second woman to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics at the university of Wisconsin-madison.  She had also got a the fourth Ph.D. overall over all of her department.

9. Florence continued….  Her thesis was entitled "The cycle involutions of third order determined by nets of curves of deficiency 0, 1, and 2."  It was published in the Quarterly Journal of Mathematics.  She remained at the University of Wisconsin as an instructor in mathematics for the next thirty years.  Publishing two more papers on "A Certain Class of Transcendental Curves" and "Closure of the Tangential Process on the Rational Plane Cubic".  Then she retired two years later.  Her thesis was entitled "The cycle involutions of third order determined by nets of curves of deficiency 0, 1, and 2."  It was published in the Quarterly Journal of Mathematics.  She remained at the University of Wisconsin as an instructor in mathematics for the next thirty years.  Publishing two more papers on "A Certain Class of Transcendental Curves" and "Closure of the Tangential Process on the Rational Plane Cubic".  Then she retired two years later.

10. Florence's Family Life

11. Pictures of Florence Eliza

12. Aryabhatta resources  www.scribd.com/doc/27160415/Contribution-of-Aryabhatta‎ www.scribd.com/doc/27160415/Contribution-of-Aryabhatta‎  www.fathersofmathematics.com/‎ www.fathersofmathematics.com/‎  fabpedigree.com/james/grmatm2.htm‎ fabpedigree.com/james/grmatm2.htm‎  http://www-history.mcs.st- and.ac.uk/Biographies/Aryabhata_I.html http://www-history.mcs.st- and.ac.uk/Biographies/Aryabhata_I.html

13. Benjamin's resources  http://www.buzzle.com/articles/famous-black- mathematicians.html http://www.buzzle.com/articles/famous-black- mathematicians.html