Maria Agnesi

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Maria Agnesi

• Amanda
• Math 2007

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Birth/Death Information

• Born May 16, 1718,
• Died January 9, 1799
• Born in Milan, Italy
• Died around the time of the French Revolution.

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Facts about life

• Maria was a very smart child. She could speak
  French, Italian, Greek, Hebrew.
• She wrote the best introduction to the works of
  Euler.
• She spoke many languages and even taught her
  brother.
• She had books published.
• She went to Pio Instituto Trivulzo.

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What are they known for?

• Her book Anylitical Institutions.
• Wrote an equation for a curve, asgrt(ax-xx)/x.
  
• Wrote the first textbook for teaching calulus.

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Graphics and pictures

• Maria Agnesi rocks!

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References

• Google
• Wikapedia
• Biographies of Women
• Mathematicians
• http//www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/agnesi.htm
  
• Google Images
• Safari