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Maria Agnesi

Maria Agnesi. By: Kimberly Bouchard 7 th Hour. Introduction. My purpose is to inform you about Maria Agnesi By the end of this power point I hope that you know a little more about Maria Agnesi Preview Statement: Early Life Witch of Agnesi Other Information. Early Life.

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Maria Agnesi

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  1. Maria Agnesi By: Kimberly Bouchard 7th Hour

  2. Introduction • My purpose is to inform you about Maria Agnesi • By the end of this power point I hope that you know a little more about Maria Agnesi • Preview Statement: • Early Life • Witch of Agnesi • Other Information

  3. Early Life • Born on May 16, 1718 and died January 1799. • The oldest of 21 siblings, and tutored them growing up. • Able to speak French by the age of 5 and by 15 she could speak Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Spanish, and German fluently.

  4. Witch of Agnesi • She was known for The Witch of Agnesi, which graphs the Cartesian Equation. • It got its name from the Italian word “aversier” which means “to turn” y(x2+a2)=a3 or x=at, y=a/(1+t2). • A planar cubic curve that is symmetric at the y-axis and approaches the x-axis as an asymptote..

  5. Other Information • In 1749, she was appointed Chair of Higher Mathematics by Pope Benedick XIV at the Chair of Higher Mathematics at the University of Bologna. She served for two years • After the death of her father, she gave up on mathematics, and focused on caring for ill women. • She was also a philosopher

  6. Other Information Continued • She was credited for writing the first book that discussed both differential and integral calculus • At the age of nine she wrote a debate in Latin arguing about higher education for women • She wrote a book called Instituzioni Analitiche ad uso della gioventu italiana (Foundations of analysis for the Use of Italian Youth) which was published in 1748

  7. Works Cited • www.agnesscott.edu/Lriddle/WOMEN/agnesi.htm • www.scidiv.bcc.ctc.edu/Math/Agnesi.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Gaetana_Agnesi • http://www.agnesscott.edu/Lriddle/women/witch.htm • http://www.answers.com/topic/witch-of-agnesi

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