1
A number series where each number is equal to the sum of the two previous numbers is called what?
A Fibonacci Sequence
2
What is the mathematical name for the number or hash tag sign?
An Octothorpe
3
Though known as Arabic numerals, the numbers used in mathematics originated in what country?
They originated in India around 700 AD.
4
Who was the most prolific mathematician in history, publishing over 50 papers per year when the average mathematician published 5?
Leonhard Euler
5
Which mathematician's "Thirteen Books of the Elements" birthed the modern approach to mathematics?
Euclid of Alexandria
6
Which function involving partial differential equations allows us to extend the definition of the factorial to fractions and negative numbers?
The Gamma Function
7
What is the name of the line between the numerator and the denominator in a fraction?
Vinculum
8
What Hebrew letter is used to denote a specific size of infinity?
Aleph
9
What critical component of Newton's formulation of calculus was not formally verified until Abraham Robinson published "Non-Standard Analysis" in 1966?
The existence of infinitesimals
10
What mathematical object, similar to but different from a matrix, is needed to define the topology of a non-Euclidean space?
The metric tensor
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