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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. What sum did Euler find for the series?
(a) π²/6
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) The sum was infinite.

2. Which of the following is false about the modern implications of Euclid's number theory?
(a) Great mathematicians continue to puzzle over some aspects of Euclid's number theory.
(b) Whether there are no odd perfect numbers is still not known.
(c) Euclid gave a good idea for how to construct even perfect numbers.
(d) Euclid's recipe for constructing even perfect numbers is incorrect.

3. Which of the following can not be solved using algebra?
(a) Geometric equation.
(b) Triangulation.
(c) Quadratic equation.
(d) Quintic equation.

4. Who wrote a treatise that supposed that cubic equations may be impossible to solve?
(a) Luca Pacioli.
(b) Niccolo Fontana.
(c) Scipione del Ferro.
(d) Gerolamo Cardano.

5. Which of the following was true about Cardano, according to Dunham?
(a) He was not a mathematician.
(b) He was jailed for heresy.
(c) He had three wives.
(d) He was a priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is an example of a perfect number?

2. Where was Neil's Abel from?

3. Which mathematician was first to take the challenge to solve cubic equations?

4. Which of the following was one of Euclid's great theorems?

5. What is true about prime numbers?

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