Can you name the famous Mathematicians?

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Leapt from his bath and ran through streets yelling 'Eureka!!'
Discovered e^x, which is it's own derivative.
Proved the fundamental theorem of algebra.
Hypothesised about the zeroes of an infinite series.
Proved that all whole numbers are products of prime numbers and one.
Famous for his help in decoding the Enigma Machine in World War II.
Credited with discovering a formula for sides of a right triangle.
Wrote a set of rules for zero.
Hypothesised that any even number is the sum of 2 prime numbers.
Created a theorem which was proven unprovable by the axioms of arithmetic.
His analysis of the solutions to an equation led to group theory.
Created the fundamental theorem of Calculus.
HintMathematicianYears Alive
Created the 3 laws of motion and gravity.
Created the first formula for the bell curve.
Discovered the Law of large numbers.
Showed that any wave can be displayed by combining sine and cosine functions.
Proved that no formula could solve quintic equations.
Famous for a sequence in which each term is the sum of the previous 2 terms.
Famous for the triangle of numbers used to find probabilities that bears his name..
The father of acoustics.
Proved the most efficient way to stack spheres.
Created the first binary-programmed computer.
Inventor of logarithms.
Invented a shape with one side and one edge.
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