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- Albert Einstein [r]: 20th-century physicist who formulated the theories of relativity. [e]
- Automobile [r]: A wheeled vehicle that carries its own engine. [e]
- Bijective function [r]: A function in which each possible output value corresponds to exactly one input value. [e]
- Blaise Pascal [r]: French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher. [e]
- Chain rule [r]: A rule in calculus for differentiating a function of a function. [e]
- Chemistry [r]: The science of matter, or of the electrical or electrostatical interactions of matter. [e]
- Christiaan Huygens [r]: (14 April 1629 - 8 June 1695) an internationally renowned Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer. [e]
- Classical mechanics [r]: The science of mechanics, which is concerned with the set of physical laws governing and mathematically describing the motions of bodies and aggregates of bodies geometrically distributed within a certain boundary under the action of a system of forces. [e]
- Colin MacLaurin [r]: (1698–1746) Scottish mathematician who published the first systematic exposition of Newton's calculus. [e]
- Discourse on Method [r]: Philosophical and mathematical treatise published by René Descartes in 1637, best known as the source of the famous quotation 'Je pense, donc je suis' ('I think, therefore I am'). [e]
- Elementary function [r]: Mathematical functions built from a finite number of exponentials, logarithms, constants, one variable, and roots of equations through composition and combinations using the four elementary arithmetic operations (+ – × ÷). [e]
- Exponential growth [r]: Increase of a quantity x with time t according to the equation x = Kat, where K and a are constants, a is greater than 1, and K is greater than 0. [e]
- Field (mathematics) [r]: An algebraic structure with operations generalising the familiar concepts of real number arithmetic. [e]
- Function composition [r]: The successive application of two functions. [e]
- Gamma function [r]: A mathematical function that extends the domain of factorials to non-integers. [e]
- Integral [r]: A central concept in calculus that generalizes the idea of a sum to cover quantities which may be continuously varying. [e]
- International Mathematical Olympiad [r]: Annual mathematics contest for high school students from across the world. [e]
- John Gregory [r]: (1724–1773) Scottish physician who made major contributions to the field of medical ethics. [e]
- Lambert W function [r]: Used to solve equations in which the unknown appears both outside and inside an exponential function or a logarithm. [e]
- Mathematics [r]: The study of quantities, structures, their relations, and changes thereof. [e]
- Number theory [r]: The study of integers and relations between them. [e]
- Pascal's triangle [r]: A convenient tabular presentation for the binomial coefficients. [e]
- Polynomial [r]: A formal expression obtained from constant numbers and one or indeterminates; the function defined by such a formula. [e]
- Real number [r]: A limit of the Cauchy sequence of rational numbers. [e]
- René Descartes [r]: French 17th-century philosopher, mathematician and scientist, author of the Discourse on Method. [e]
- Science [r]: The organized body of knowledge about the physical world derived from the activities of observation and experimentation. [e]
- Serge Lang [r]: (19 May 1927 – 12 September 2005) French-born American mathematician known for his work in number theory and for his mathematics textbooks, including the influential Algebra. [e]
- Stochastic process [r]: Family of random variables, dependent upon a parameter which usually denotes time. [e]
- Trigonometric function [r]: Function of an angle expressed as the ratio of two of the sides of a right triangle that contains that angle; the sine, cosine, tangent, cotangent, secant, and cosecant. [e]
