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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. Who was Euler's teacher?
(a) Isaac Newton.
(b) Johann Bernoulli.
(c) Jakob Bernoulli.
(d) Gottfried Leibniz.

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

3. Who challenged Tartaglia to a contest to solve cubic equations?
(a) del Ferro.
(b) Pacioli.
(c) Fior.
(d) Cardano.

4. What else, besides a solution to cubic equations, was in Cardano's book?
(a) A solution to quartic equations.
(b) A suggested method to depress all complex geometry.
(c) An alegrabic solution to quintic equations,
(d) A proof of the Pythagorean Theorem.

5. What shape was NOT demonstrated in the Elements as having a relationship to other shapes?
(a) Hyperbola.
(b) Triangle.
(c) Hexagon.
(d) Pentagon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following were an example of twin primes?

2. Who's method did Tartaglia's challenger use in the contest to solve cubic equations?

3. What is the sum of the series 1 + 1/2³ + 1/3³ + 1/4³ ... 1/k³ . . .?

4. What was the title of Cardano's book which contained the solution to the cubic?

5. What series was Euler most famous for?

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