François Viète
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 421 years ago |
Born | Fontenay-le-Comte |
France | |
Date of died | February 23,1603 |
Died | Paris |
France | |
Nationality | French |
Books | Opera mathematica: Recognita Francisci à Schooten |
Francisci Vietae Opera Mathematica Ed 1646 | |
The analytic art | |
Francisci Vietæi Vniversalivm Inspectionvm Ad Canonem Mathematicvm Liber Singularis | |
Parents | Etienne Viète |
Marguerite Dupont | |
Job | Mathematician |
Education | University of Poitiers |
Known for | New algebra ; Vieta's formulas; Viète's formula |
Influenc | Pierre de Fermat; René Descartes |
Date of birth | January 1,1540 |
Influencees | René Descartes |
Pierre de Fermat | |
Frans van Schooten | |
Influence | Pierre de Fermat |
Gerolamo Cardano | |
Petrus Ramus | |
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ID | 1519928 |
François Viète Life story
François Viète, Seigneur de la Bigotière, commonly known by his mononym, Vieta, was a French mathematician whose work on new algebra was an important step towards modern algebra, due to his innovative use of letters as parameters in equations.