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The 'R' in mathematics

Created by Anita SIMAC
Last updated by Anita SIMAC 10 months 1 week ago

What mathematicians do you think of when you think of the letter 'R' ?

How many famous mathematicians have a name or surname that begins with that letter?

Does the letter 'R' have a significant meaning in mathematics?

 

Here are some suggestions for you to start your research:

Ramanujan Srinivasa

Reinhold Erasmus

Reinman Bernhard

Russell Bertrand

 

There are many other mathematicians on the following page:

https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/letter-r

 

Remember to post your presentation, posters, comic strips and other creative works of art in our collaborative Book Creator digital book which can be found on the following page:

 

https://school-education.ec.europa.eu/en/etwinning/projects/abcd-mathematicians/twinspace/pages/abcd-dictionary

Mathematician of choice
Explanation
Please let us know what mathematician you chose and why. Add your Twinspace name and school.
Reinhold Erasmus (Gunay Huseynzada)

as a Dutch Christian humanist, Catholic theologian, educationalist, satirist, and philosopher. Through his vast number of translations, books, essays, prayers and letters, he is considered one of the most influential thinkers of the Northern Renaissance and one of the major figures of Dutch and Western culture

conversation between Bertrand Russel and Andre Weill

done by Angélie and Nolwenn
Cité scolaire Brocéliande