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Period: 600 BCE to Dec 25, 1450
Math timeline
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575 BCE
Thales
Known as the first philosopher of Greek tradition, he was called the founder of abstract geometry. -
530 BCE
Pythagoras
Pythagoras was an Ionian Greek philosopher, mathematician, and has been credited as the founder of the movement called Pythagoreanism. He worked primarily with right triangles, and became known as the father of numbers. -
300 BCE
Euclid
Euclid was a Greek mathematician, often referred to as the "father of geometry". His book "Element"s is one of the most influential works in the history of mathematics. It was the main textbook for teaching mathematics from the time of its publication until the late 19th or early 20th century. -
240 BCE
Archimedes
Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer. He was considered the greatest mathematician of antiquity and one of the greatest of all time. Primarily worked in integration, volume, and physics. -
220 BCE
Apollonius
Apollonius was a Greek geometer and astronomer noted for his writings on conic sections. His innovative methodology and terminology, especially in the field of conics, influenced many later scholars. -
250
Liu Hui
Liu Hui was a mathematician from China. He edited and published a book with solutions to mathematical problems presented in the famous Chinese book of mathematics known as "The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art." -
400
Hypatia
Hypatia was a Greek mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher in Egypt, then a part of the Byzantine Empire. She was head of a school in Alexandria, where she taught philosophy and astronomy -
Dec 24, 820
Brahmagupta
Brahmagupta was the father of Algebra. Originally from India, he was the first to give rules to compute with zero -
Dec 24, 1140
Bhaskara II
Bhāskara and his works represent a significant contribution to mathematical and astronomical knowledge in the 12th century. He has been called the greatest mathematician of medieval India.[ -
Dec 24, 1200
Fibonacci
Fibonacci was an Italian mathematician, considered to be the most talented Western mathematician of the Middle Ages. Fibonacci popularized the Hindu–Arabic numeral system to the western world. -
Dec 24, 1270
Yang Hui
Yang Hui was a Chinese mathematician. Yang worked on magic squares, magic circles and the binomial theorem, and is best known for his contribution of presenting Yang Hui's Triangle.
