Biography of five famous mathematicians name list

Thales c. Thales made pioneering use of geometry to calculate height and distance. Pythagoras c.

5 famous mathematicians and their contributions

Euclid c. Archimedes B. C — Mathematician, scientist and inventor. Archimedes made many contributions to mathematics, such as a calculation of pi, geometrical theorems and developing a concept of exponentiation for very large numbers. Ptolemy c. Ptolemy wrote one of the few surviving ancient works on astronomy — the Almagest. Aryabhata c. Aryabhata was influential in the development of trigonometry.