What are the famous mathematical stories in history?

1, Gauss skillfully solves arithmetic problems.

Gauss has a special influence in many fields of mathematics and science, and is listed as one of the most influential mathematicians in history. Gauss is a clever boy who loves to think since he was a child. He discovered the mathematical theorem when he was eight years old. At that time, when Gauss was in primary school, the teacher asked the students to increase from 1+2+3 to 100.

The teacher thinks that this question is enough for these students to calculate for half a day, and he can also get half a day's leisure. But after a while, little Gauss raised his hand and said he was finished. The teacher looked at the answer, 5050, exactly right. The teacher was surprised and asked how little Gauss worked it out. He said to calculate1+100 =10, 2+99= 10 1, so there are 5010/. This is the story of the famous mathematician Gauss, who skillfully solved the arithmetic problem.

Archimedes measured the crown.

Everyone is familiar with Archimedes. He was a great ancient Greek philosopher, mathematician, physicist and mechanic. He enjoys the reputation of "the father of mechanics" and ranks as one of the three greatest mathematicians in the world along with Gauss and Newton. Archimedes has many stories, the most famous of which is the story of finding the crown of Archimedes principle.

Legend has it that King Helen summoned Archimedes and asked him to identify whether the pure gold crown was adulterated. He thought hard for many days. When he stepped into the bathtub to take a bath, he got inspiration from seeing the water rise. He made a major discovery about floating bodies and solved the king's problem through the water discharged from the crown. With further research, Archimedes principle, the most important cornerstone of fluid mechanics, was born.

3. Newton cooking pocket watch

Newton, as one of the most influential scientists in the history of science, is known as "the father of physics". In fact, Newton was not only a world-famous physicist, but also a mathematician. He founded calculus. Speaking of mathematicians' stories, many people must have thought of Newton's story of cooking pocket watches. Newton was obsessed with scientific research and devoted himself to his work.

Once, Newton was thinking while cooking eggs. Suddenly, the water in the pot boiled. Newton quickly lifted the pot and looked, "Ah!" He exclaimed and found that it was a pocket watch cooked in a pot. It turned out that when he was concentrating on the problem, he absently put his pocket watch as an egg in the pot.

4. Thales Pyramid

There are many classic stories about mathematics. Thales was the first person to measure the height of the pyramid. Thales, a geometrician, was the first great scholar in ancient Greece who enjoyed a world reputation. He was known as "the father of science" and "the originator of Greek mathematics". One day, Thales saw people reading the notice and went up to have a look. The initial notice said that Pharaoh wanted the smartest person in the world to measure the height of the pyramid. So Thales asked Pharaoh, and Pharaoh asked Thales what tools he used to measure the pyramids.

Thales said he only used a stick and a ruler. He put the stick next to the pyramid. When the shadow of the stick was as long as the stick, he measured the length of the shadow of the pyramid and half the length of the bottom of the pyramid. Add these two lengths to get the height of the pyramid. Thales used the properties of similar triangles to calculate the height of the pyramid.

5. Little Euler changed the sheepfold tactfully.

Euler is the most outstanding figure in the field of mathematics in the18th century, and a famous mathematician in the history of mathematics. He has made outstanding achievements in several branches of mathematics, such as number theory, geometry, astronomical mathematics and calculus. But Euler didn't like teachers when he was a child and was expelled from school. When he got home, he had nothing to do, so he helped his father herd sheep.

There is an interesting little story about little Euler's mathematics, which happened at this time. Dad's flock is increasing gradually, reaching 100, which needs to be revised. I was about to start work when I found a problem. If I want to build as planned, I must increase the material of 10 meter. If the area is reduced, the area of each sheep is less than 6 square meters. Little Euler told his father that there was no need to shrink the sheepfold and not to worry that the territory of each sheep would be smaller than originally planned. Later, my father did it according to little Euler's method. It must be that there is enough material and enough area.