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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Gem from Isaac Newton.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Euclid state about pi in Elements?
(a) There is a constant relationship between the area of a circle and the square of its diameter.
(b) There is no relationship between the area of a circle and its circumference.
(c) The proportion of diameter to area is never equal.
(d) The proportion of area to circumference is never equal.

2. Who else, besides Newton, independently discovered a calculus method?
(a) John Napier.
(b) Gottfried Leibniz.
(c) Pierre de Fermat.
(d) Isaac Barrow.

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

4. Who was del Ferro's student?
(a) Antonio Fior.
(b) Niccolo Fontana.
(c) Luca Pacioli.
(d) Gerolamo Cardano.

5. As described by Archimedes, what is always true about he diameter of the circle?
(a) It's never proportional to its circumference.
(b) It's always proportional to its circumference.
(c) It's equal to the square of the radius.
(d) It's equal to pi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gauss set out to prove?

2. Why did Cardano take an oath to secrecy?

3. In what time period did mathematicians find a solution to cubic equations?

4. How many definitions were stated in Elements?

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

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