Journey Through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics Quiz | One Week Quiz A

William Dunham (mathematician)
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Journey Through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics Quiz | One Week Quiz A

William Dunham (mathematician)
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Extraordinary Sums of Leonhard Euler.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which mathematician was first to take the challenge to solve cubic equations?
(a) Luca Pacioli.
(b) Scipione del Ferro.
(c) Niccolo Fontana.
(d) Tartaglia.

2. Which of the following was an important proposition given by Euclid's number theory?
(a) Any perfect number is divisible by some composite number.
(b) Any even number is divisible by 3.
(c) Numbers from one to ten are only divisible by composite numbers.
(d) Any composite number is divisible by some prime number.

3. What were the main technique(s) that Euler used to find the sum of the series?
(a) Quadratic sums,
(b) Calculus methods.
(c) Cubic equations.
(d) Trigonometry and basic algebra.

4. What is true about prime numbers?
(a) Prime numbers can never be an odd number.
(b) Prime numbers are not divisible by other numbers.
(c) Prime numbers can not exist in a finite series.
(d) That for every group of prime numbers, there exists at least one more prime.

5. Which of the following was one of Euclid's great theorems?
(a) Prime numbers are more comples than discrete numbers.
(b) There exists only infinite and whole numbers.
(c) There exists an finite number of prime numbers.
(d) There exists an infinite number of prime numbers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Cardano take an oath to secrecy?

2. What is a "depressed cubic"?

3. Where was Euler born?

4. Which of the following is false about the modern implications of Euclid's number theory?

5. Which of the following could NOT be included as a step in Euclid's great theorem?

(see the answer key)

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