ARCHIMEDIS
[287BC-212BC]
Archimedis
is considered to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time. His father
was a greek astronomer. He studied in Alexandria. Archimedis contributed to
both pure and applied mathematics. He calculated the value of pie with a
remarkable accuracy between 3.1408 and 3.1429.he also did a great amount of
work on Analytical geometry. He wrote many books on mathematics such as
Measurement of circles,On floating bodies.