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Sunday, December 9, 2012

Math is the best epitaph of mathematician


   Many mathematicians regard math as their whole. They devoted everything to math. Here are some epitaphs of mathematician. We can see a little part of their amazing miracles. 
   Archimedes wanted no other epitaph than a sphere inscribed within a cylinder -- he had determined the sphere's relative volume and considered this his greatest achievement.

   Henry Perigal's tomb in Essex displays his graphic proof of the Pythagorean theorem.
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     Gauss wanted to be buried under a heptadecagon, which he'd shown can be constructed with compass and straightedge. 
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I can't dream about being someone like one these great mathematicians. But I want to get to know these great work done by these great men. If you can design your epitaph now, what do you expect on your epitaph?

References: 
(1).(3)http://www.guokr.com/article/69516/
(2)http://www.futilitycloset.com/2010/04/20/mathematicians-graves/

2 comments:

  1. the last picture is so amazing! I know it is done by Gauss. It is a difficult and important work. It show us the beauty of the math

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  2. Gauss finished the amazing job when he was only 19, he is one of the universally accept genius of all the mathematicians.

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