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Significant contributions:

  • Also at nine she published a Latin debate that defended education for women
  • The Instituzioni Analitiche was published in 1748 in two volumes
  • Made easier by her ability to read in many languages
  • 1750 was recognized by Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa of Austria
  • Became chair of mathematics and natural philosophy at the University of Bologna by an act of Pope Benedict XIV

The End

  • Never wanted to speak of mathematics
  • Lived the remainder helping the poor
  • Got sick in poorhouse and was buried with 15 other bodies

Died: January 9, 1799

Where: Milan, Italy

Relevance of Contributions

  • Explained arithmetic, algebra, trigonometry, analytic geometry and calculus, infinite series, and differential equations in a way no one else could
  • No one before had published a text on calculus that included the methods of calculus of both Isaac Newton and Gottfried Liebnitz
  • Inspired women all aroundthe world to become a mathematician

The Beginning

Born: May 16,1718

Where: Milan, Italy

Chilhood & Education:

  • Eldest of 21 kids
  • Child prodigy
  • Called the "oracle of the seven tongues"
  • At nine years old she knew many languages and would demonstrate in a special room of her father's home
  • Was very shy
  • Always wanted to please her father so she continued to show her talent to many others

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Downfall

  • first woman appointed as a mathematics professor at a university
  • 1783 wrote mathematics textbook
  • Father got ill in 1750
  • 1752 father died so she educated children
  • began to educated poor children
  • used wealth, knowledge, and time to help the less fortunate

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