In 1903, Marie and Pierre Curie were awarded half the Nobel Prize in Physics. The citation was, in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel..
Elementary algebra is the most basic form of algebra. 1  It is taught to students who are presumed to have no knowledge of mathematics beyond the basic principles of arithmetic. In arithmetic, only numbers and their arithmetical operations (such as +, â, Ã, Ã·) occur.
By the 10th century, Muslim mathematicians had developed and applied the theory of trigonometric functions -- sine, cosine, and tangent -- as well as spherical trigonometry. They used symbols to describe the binomial theorem, and used decimals to express fractions that aided accurate solution of complex problems.