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35Famous Mathematicians24There are many mathematicians dating back from Indus Valley Civilization and Vedas tomoderntimeswhohavemadenumerouscontributionsinthefieldofmathematics.Given below are the pictures of some famous mathematicians. Read the descriptions and name them with the help of the Clue Box.This Polish astronomer used mathematics to prove that the sun is the centre of the universe........................................This mathematician introduced binary arithmetic........................................This mathematician explained the laws of geometry in his book %u2018Elements%u2019........................................This mathematician proved the fundamental theorem of algebra........................................This mathematician from the 5th century is credited with the invention of zero........................................This mathematician from Syracuse is best known for his approximation of the value of pi (p)........................................Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Archimedes, Euclid, Carl Friedrich, Aryabhata, Nicolaus CopernicusClue BoxPi (p) is not a fraction and this makes it an irrational number which neither repeats nor ends when written as a decimal.File-O-Fact142536